Video trends

Video trends · 6 min read

How to migrate from Azure Media Services to api.video

Azure Media Services is closing operations in June 2024 and the best alternative you have is to migrate to api.video. Read the blog to know the details of the migration.

Artem Matinian · July 12, 2023

Video trends · 18 min read

Color space in video (part 1)

Have you ever wondered how a color can be represented in a video and how it can be reproduced on a wide variety of screens with almost the same rendering? Part of the answer lies in the concept of color space

Jean-Baptiste · July 7, 2023

Video trends · 4 min read

So you want to build a video streaming service

So, you want to add video to your site. Should you build the video delivery infrastructure yourself? You certainly can, but there is a lot of nuance and complication that you must also manage. In this post, we'll walk through everything you need to build your own streaming service.

Doug Sillars · November 6, 2020

Video trends · 5 min read

Responsive video delivery

I'm often asked, "why should I stream video? Can't I just add the mp4 to my page and be done with it?" The answer is that yes, you can just do this, but it comes at a price to your users. If you add a 1080p video to your website - all your users, no matter the screen size or network throughput, must watch the 1080p video. You want to make your video responsive!

Doug Sillars · August 20, 2020

Video trends · 4 min read

Using api.video with the Jamstack

Api.video is the perfect addition to your Jamstack build, allowing for videos to easily integrated into your application using our APIs and integrated video player.

Doug Sillars · March 4, 2021

Video trends · 3 min read

What is a RESTful API? REST protocol explained

A RESTful API is a standard approach to creating a web service communication protocol. REST stands for Representational State Transfer, but just what exactly does that mean?

Anne-Sophie Poupard · May 21, 2018

Video trends · 5 min read

What is RTMP and why do we use it for live streaming?

Find out what RTMP is, why we transcode twice - from RTMP to HLS, and what the future has in store for live streaming

Erikka Innes · February 24, 2021

Video trends · 4 min read

The Web APIs of record.a.video

We’ve just released [record.a.video](https://record.a.video), a web application that lets you record and share videos. If that were not enough, you can also livestream. The page works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox Safari (14 and up), and on Android devices. In this post, I'll walk through the APIs used in app.

Doug Sillars · March 30, 2021

Video trends · 5 min read

How to be like Netflix with the power of api.video Analytics

Netflix has an incredible content recommendation system. Learn a little bit about what goes into how they make their recommendations, then browse api.video's analytics data tutorials.

Erikka Innes · April 10, 2021

Video trends · 6 min read

Sample apps using api.video: a.video

Here at api.video we want to make it easy for people to share and distribute video, ensuring video is the **way** to communicate. But we are often asked - “what can I do with your API?” Read on to see some of the demos we have created!

Doug Sillars · April 15, 2021