THEOplayer 5.0 is here!
by Bart Van Oosterhout on April 6, 2023
We're excited to announce that THEOplayer 5.0 is now available! This new version marks the official rollout of all the developments and improvements we've accomplished over the past few months.
Benefits of a commercial React Native video player vs DIY with open source
by Bart Van Oosterhout on December 21, 2022
Why is React Native important? React Native is one of the most popular open-source UI software frameworks. It allows you to develop fully in Javascript, without having to learn or have previous experience with native platforms. It brings one code base which can be re-used cross-platfo …
THEOplayer adds support for MPEG-5 LCEVC
by Bart Van Oosterhout on September 7, 2022
London, UK, Leuven, Belgium- September 7th, 2022 – THEO Technologies, on a mission to change the way the world streams video over the Internet, and V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions, today announce that THEO Technologies' THEOplayer, an award-winning video play …
Optimizing LL-HLS: How does HESP fare against LL-HLS?
by Negar Hajihoseini on October 20, 2021
In the previous blog, we’ve covered the 4 key factors affecting the quality of low latency streaming experience when utilising Apple's LL-HLS protocol. Additionally, we have also discussed the importance of GOP size and its impacts on the overall viewing experience and provide 4 recom …
Optimizing LL-HLS: 4 Recommendations For The Best Low-Latency Streaming
by Negar Hajihoseini on September 22, 2021
In the previous blog, we’ve covered the 4 key factors affecting the quality of low latency streaming experience when utilising Apple's LL-HLS protocol. Additionally, we have also discussed the importance of GOP size and its impacts on the overall viewing experience. In this blog, we w …
Optimizing LL-HLS: The Impacts of GOP size on Viewing Experience
by Negar Hajihoseini on September 14, 2021
In the previous blog, we’ve covered the 4 key factors affecting the quality of low latency streaming experience when utilising Apple's LL-HLS protocol. In this blog, we will take a dive into the importance of Group of Pictures (GOP) and its impacts on the overall viewing experience. A …
Optimizing LL-HLS: 4 Key Factors affecting its performance
by Negar Hajihoseini on September 9, 2021
In the previous LL-HLS series, we’ve covered how it works and how the end-to-end solution should look as well as suitable use cases and THEO’s recommendations for LL-HLS implementations. In this blog series, we want to focus on how to tune better for Low Latency Streaming with an intr …
Buy vs Build: The Advantage of a Commercial Video Player
by Craig Ferguson on July 20, 2021
When planning (or re-evaluating) your approach to the video player component of your video delivery workflow, you will more than likely at some point reach a crossroads when considering the decision to follow the open-source or commercial video player path. Whilst both options are ent …
Rolling out Roku: THEOplayer?
by Thijs Lowette on April 21, 2021
"Rolling out Roku: THEOplayer?" is the last part of a 3-part series. Read up on "Rolling out Roku: Why?" and Rolling out Roku: How?".
HTML5 Player: A Cost-effective Way to Bring Video to Tizen and WebOS
by Mathias Craps on March 23, 2021
When you design a strategy that fits your streaming market, you will notice that there are a lot of devices and platforms to cover. In this article, we will try to shed some light on Tizen/WebOS applications and explain why we provide our player on these platforms as a HTML5-based sol …