Video trends

Guides and insights from the Video Industry

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what does DRM mean?

Video trends · 9 min read

What is DRM and why is it important for your videos?

Uncover what is Digital Rights Management (DRM), understand how it safeguards your digital content, and gain insights into why it's a crucial element for ensuring security and control of your videos.

Arushi Gupta · February 28, 2024

Azure Media Services retirement

Video trends · 5 min read

Azure Media Services retirement: It’s time to choose an alternative

As the Azure Media Services retirement looms near, note the 4 things you must keep in mind before you choose an alternative.

Arushi Gupta · January 31, 2024

h.264 vs h.265

Video trends · 5 min read

What is the difference between H.264 vs. H.265?

In the never-ending debate of H.264 vs. H.265, let's see how each of these of the two codecs are different from each other.

Arushi Gupta · October 16, 2023

Video trends · 6 min read

Boost your business with these 5 powerful video APIs

With so many video APIs available today, how do you choose which one is right for your business? Read the blog for the top 5 video APIs and how they can helpful.

api.video · August 29, 2023

Video trends · 6 min read

Making a short video app like TikTok: 10 things you must keep in mind

Read and understand the 10 important aspects you need to think about as you start making your own short video app.

api.video · August 17, 2023

What is VOD?

Video trends · 7 min read

What is VOD (Video On Demand) and how does it work?

Learn what is video-on-demand, how it can help your business and how it is different from live streaming in this short read.

Arushi Gupta · August 3, 2023

How to migrate from Azure Media Services to api.video

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

Color Depth

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  - Video Lead

Jean-Baptiste · July 7, 2023

ASICs

Video trends · 6 min read

The comeback of specialized hardware

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in specialized hardware designed to perform one or a few tasks efficiently. In this blog post, we will explore the reasons behind this trend and some critical examples of specialized hardware used in the video industry today.

Emilien Gobillot · March 23, 2023

transcoding meaning

Video trends · 6 min read

Video transcoding: What, why, and how?

Video transcoding is a process that allows us to enjoy content across devices. Learn all you need to know about video transcoding in this article.

api.video · December 1, 2022