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Tutorials · 1 min read
Localize ads by combining personalized voice overs from Aflorithmic with api.video
Create an ad localizer with a custom video with the correct location information for each region. You can create custom scripts for the same video with api.audio, then store your new videos and display them with api.video.

Erikka Innes · September 20, 2021
Tutorials · 8 min read
Video duets in the browser
Video sharing apps like TikTok offer 'duets', where you record a video next to a video playing back, add a commentary or sing along. In this demo, we'll build a duet app in the browser!

Doug Sillars · September 17, 2021
Tutorials · 9 min read
A very Brady video: Using FFMPEG to recreate the Brady Bunch introduction
Just looking at the image <BAM!> - now the theme song is stuck in your head, right? In this tutorial, we'll walk through how to re-create the iconic Brady Bunch intro video with FFmpeg.

Doug Sillars · September 15, 2021
Product updates · 2 min read
New logo, same mission: Connecting people through unique video experiences
We are proud to officially launch our brand new visual identity! It symbolizes a lot more than just a fresh look. Our product, our features, our values, our mission are all reflected in this brand refresh.

Anne-Sophie Poupard · September 14, 2021
Tutorials · 9 min read
How do I change my video container without re-encoding using FFMPEG and Python?
Sometimes you can change a video container without re-encoding the contents. This is called transmuxing, and sometimes it can save you a lot of time and preserve quality since you can skip re-encoding the video.

Erikka Innes · September 10, 2021
Tutorials · 3 min read
Run api.video commands from the commandline!
Use all of api.video's features from the commandline.

Erikka Innes · September 8, 2021
Tutorials · 6 min read
False start: showing the video playback url before the video is ready
When your video has been uploaded to api.video, we return the player URL. Our video encoding is VERY fast, but generally, it does take a bit of time for the video to actually be ready for playback. In this demo, we'll use our Webhooks to push a message when the encoding is ready.. Once your server receives the notification, you can display the player URL with confidence that the video will be ready to play.

Doug Sillars · September 7, 2021
Tutorials · 3 min read
Adding rate limits to your video uploader
We want our users to upload videos. But sometimes, we get too much of a good thing. In this post, we walk through how to add a rate limiter to video uploads.

Doug Sillars · September 6, 2021
Tutorials · 4 min read
Migrating your videos to api.video
Migrating your videos to api.video couldn't be easier. With just a few API calls, you can get your video transferred into our service, and your customers' wont be able to tell the difference.

Doug Sillars · August 31, 2021
Product updates · 7 min read
Why and how api.video automated all their API clients
api.video moved from manually creating its API clients to automating all of them!

Olivier Lando · August 24, 2021