Case Study: the University of Manitoba
by THEOplayer on March 30, 2016
The Canadian University of Manitoba and their staff and students have long time been struggling with their custom-made solutions for video streaming. Moving to THEOplayer enabled them to stream all their live and on-demand content smoothly, facilitating processes for all university me …
THEOplayer meets Vivaldi, a new browser for the web
by THEOplayer on March 15, 2016
Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and some more search pages. Who does not know the feeling? Too many tabs open, losing sight of what you were actually browsing for and in the end you still don’t find the information you wanted. Vivaldi promises to solve this and more issues t …
CEA-608/708 Closed Captions - Your content accessible for everyone
by THEOplayer on February 26, 2016
“Wait… What did he just say?” This is a well-known problem for many of the 100 million people who watch online video every day or for alone the 1.5 billion English learners worldwide. More than that, 5% of the world population is hearing-impaired and does not even get the chance to en …
Case Study: Hudl and THEOplayer help coaches and athletes win
by THEOplayer on February 5, 2016
In this case study we will outline how and why the sports and technology company Hudl uses THEOplayer into their popular sports video analysis platform.
THEOplayer 1.6 - Multiple Audio Support, Frame Accurate Clipping And A Lot More
by THEOplayer on February 4, 2016
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 …
Frame-Accurate Clipping in HLS: Share Your Best Moments
by THEOplayer on February 2, 2016
People love watching videos, but sometimes they don't have the time to watch a long video. They are looking for a quick answer from a how-to video, or want to watch the key points from a long presentation. People don't want to spend time finding the interesting bit: they just want to …
Content Protection for HLS with AES-128 Encryption
by THEOplayer on January 21, 2016
With the increase of piracy, protecting media content is one of the key concerns of many publishers. In this article, we will outline the most popular method for content protection with the HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol: AES-128 content encryption.
Video Trends in 2016: Interactive video in HTML5
by THEOplayer on January 13, 2016
In 2015, 60 percent of people preferred video over reading text. It keeps visitors on your website and is more memorable than written content. 2015 brought a lot of attention to the use of video; from Facebook offering an endless scroll video feed to the e-learning industry captivatin …
THEOplayer supports TV-Style Monetization
by THEOplayer on December 18, 2015
Building your audience and monetisation of online video content is of huge importance to making it a sustainable business. A video player needs to enable an immersive viewer experience by supporting full customisation, delivering the content fast to every device in the best possible q …
Bye Bye Betamax, hello THEOplayer
by THEOplayer on November 30, 2015
A week or two ago, Sony announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. Amazing news! I did not know that Sony still produced Betamax cassettes. Someone on the radio said that Sony actually already stopped producing these, but there were still a lot of casse …