THEO Blog / MPEG-DASH

Low Latency DASH (LL-DASH)

Apple’s HLS and MPEG-DASH are two of the most popular HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) protocols that have become the de facto industry standards. In this blog we will talk about MPEG-DASH, more specifically its low latency variant (LL-DASH), explain how it works and things to consider w …

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Meet THEO at Streaming Media West 2019

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Streaming Media West is quickly approaching on the 19th _ 20th November 2019 in Los Angeles, CA, US. Our THEO experts will be there, and are looking forward to meeting you soon.

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HESP: Comparing Zapping Times

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With the introduction of digital television, zapping between different channels becomes noticeable. Where zapping between channels on an analogue television took only a few milliseconds, switching between digital channels could add up to a few seconds. Zapping times have been improved …

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In-stream thumbnail support for (DVR) DASH streams

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A thumbnail is a reduced size image of a specific frame which helps a viewer to seek to a specific event or scene in a video. Typically, thumbnails are added to a stream using a separate (WebVTT) file which contains pre-rendered images. While this approach works fine for static VOD co …

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The importance of low latency in video streaming

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When it comes to live video, it’s hard to deliver an actual, real live streaming experience. The latency problem is especially noticeable when video is distributed using online streaming platforms: you may have heard the stories of watching a sports event and hearing the neighbours ch …

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Customers Vote THEOplayer the Best Video Player

THEOplayer has been named the Best Video Player Solution/SDK in the 2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Awards, leaving behind runners-up Bitmovin Adaptive HTML5 Player and Castlabs DASH Everywhere & Videoplayer SDKs. Based solely on the votes by users, customers and reade …

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Multiscreen Content Monetization with Server-Side Ad Insertion

The first quarter of 2016 was another record-setting quarter for the online advertising industry, bringing in $15.9 billion and clearly outpacing last year’s Q1 $13.2 billion, according to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report. Last year, the industry reached its highest level o …

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How CMAF Will Influence The Online Streaming Industry

Many major online content publishers are using a combination of both HLS and MPEG-DASH to reach their audience across all platforms and devices. Although effective, this also complicates their encoding, DRM and deployment workflow. Apple and Microsoft are looking to ease this burden w …

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THEOplayer at IBC Amsterdam 2016

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Deliver world-class viewer experience without plugins. Key features of THEOplayer are: Adaptive playback of MPEG-DASH and HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). Video-on- Demand, Live and DVR streaming. Cross-platform DRM. UI or fully chromeless depending on specific needs. Managed cloud-hosted o …

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THEOplayer 1.6 - Multiple Audio Support, Frame Accurate Clipping And A Lot More

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The 1.6 version of THEOplayer, now fully HTML5 based, has become even more robust, leaner, quicker and guarantees video publishers an even smoother playback for live and on-demand video. This version contains an extensive list of features that video publishers can us to create more co …

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