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Video trends · 4 min read

5 ways the human eye impacts how we do video compression

The strengths and weaknesses of the human eye greatly impact the way we create video compression standards. If you know a little about how human sight works, you can make better choices when you optimize your video compression.

Erikka Innes · June 16, 2021

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Product updates · 2 min read

api.video announces a new PHP client

api.video's new PHP client is PSR-18 compliant and ready for use in all your video PHP projects.

Erikka Innes · June 15, 2021

Tutorials · 4 min read

Upload a video with the api.video Python Client

Upload a video from your computer to api.video using our Python Client! This works for small or large video files over 199 MiB, the client handles chunked uploads for you.

Erikka Innes · June 11, 2021

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Tutorials · 3 min read

React Native Livestream Module: building the sample app

Have you wanted to add the ability for your mobile users to live stream, right in your app? With our react native live stream module, you can easily integrate api.video live streaming into your mobile application

Doug Sillars · June 10, 2021

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Video trends · 13 min read

The history of video compression standards, from 1929 until now

Video compression may seem very modern, but it has a long history that goes all the way back to 1929, when it was first suggested for analog video!

Erikka Innes · June 9, 2021

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Tutorials · 4 min read

Upload many files at once with HTML and JavaScript

If you can upload one video, why not two, three or more? In this tutorial, we'll extend the code from upload.a.video to upload many videos at once.

Doug Sillars · June 7, 2021

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Tutorials · 4 min read

Migrate your Node app to our new API client

Our migration guide from the NodeJS SDK to the NODEJS API client makes migrating your app easy. See how I did 2 migrations with just a few minor changes to my code.

Doug Sillars · June 4, 2021

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Product updates · 2 min read

New NodeJS/Typescript API Client

We are happy to announce our new NodeJS/Typescript API Client.

Doug Sillars · June 3, 2021

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Tutorials · 4 min read

Adding a chyron to your video: Look like the news!

A chyron is the text that appears at the bottom of the TV on news channels. Maybe you'd like to add a chyron to your live stream or recorded videos? Learn how in this post.

Doug Sillars · June 2, 2021

Watermarking videos

Tutorials · 5 min read

Watermarking your video or live stream

Many of our customers are interested in creating a watermark on their videos. Learn how in this post!

Doug Sillars · May 25, 2021