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 …
Mini Guide on Low Latency
by THEO Technologies on May 11, 2021
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 …
Going Big Screen: Bringing Video to LG WebOS
by THEO Technologies on May 11, 2021
“Streaming is gaining ground over traditional viewing” is something we’ve heard before. “The big screen is the undisputed leader” is another one of those quotes. In 2018, streaming on the big screen was however limited to about one third of the total viewing time according to Conviva. …
Comparing WebRTC with HTTP-based streaming
by Pieter-Jan Speelmans on March 25, 2021
Reducing streaming latency has been a hot topic for a while. Historically with HTTP based streaming, latencies of tens of seconds and even in the order of one minute is not unheard of. With traditional broadcast being in the realm of single digit seconds and new techniques such as Web …
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 …
Streaming Latency: Low Latency Use Cases and Real-Life Examples
by Johan Vounckx on March 16, 2021
Previously, we’ve explored the different definitions of latency and when it is important, what causes it, as well as how popular protocols fare against each other and the importance of zapping time. Now, we are going to take a look at different use cases for low latency and provide so …
Streaming Latency: Protocols and Zapping Time
by Johan Vounckx on March 11, 2021
Previously, we’ve explored the different definitions of latency and when it is important and what causes it, in this blog we will explore how popular streaming protocols fare against each other. Additionally, we will also discuss one other factor that plays a big role in allowing you …
Streaming Latency: What Causes It?
by Johan Vounckx on March 9, 2021
Previously, we’ve explored the different definitions of latency and when it is important, in this blog we will talk about where latency gets introduced in the video chain.