Category: Glossary

FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a large suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter, and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created

Icecast is a streaming media (audio/video) server that currently supports Ogg (Vorbis and Theora), Opus, WebM, and MP3 streams.

The Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is a network control protocol designed for use in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers. The protocol is used for establishing and controlling media sessions between endpoints.

RTMP is a TCP-based protocol that maintains persistent connections and allows low-latency communication. Most compatible codecs for RTMP are AAC (audio) and H.264 (video)

Bandwidth usually refers to the total possible flow between two nodes, such as between two computers over all their unified connections. We use the term bandwidth to describe the maximum bit rate of a system. If a network connection has a bandwidth of 100 Mbps, that means it can’t transfer more than 100 megabits per second. Bitrate usually […]

In video streaming, bitrate refers to the number of bits that are conveyed or processed in a given unit of time. Bitrate is commonly measured in bits per second (bit/s).  Bitrate for HD video, for example, is usually in the range of 5-20 Mbps. Standard-definition is typically 1-6 Mbps and high-quality web video runs at […]

FlowPlayer is an open-source video player for the web. It is a way for you to stream videos on your pages, from your own server. Thus, eliminating the need for external video serving services such as YouTube. FlowPlayer is highly extensible and customizable. 5centsCDN has two versions of this code HTML or IFRAME without branding.

Bradmax  Player is a plugin, which supports video stream playback on desktops and mobile devices. If you have access to video streaming in formats: – HLS. – MPEG-DASH. – MS Smooth streaming – or simple mp4, webM, ogg files, then you can watch them on your site with Bradmax Player. 5centsCDN has three versions of […]

An iFrame is an inline frame, An iframe is an HTML element that allows an external webpage to be embedded in an HTML document. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when the iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser.

Video. js is a web video player built from the ground up for an HTML5 world. It supports HTML5 video and modern streaming formats, as well as YouTube, Vimeo, and even Flash (through plugins, more on that later). It supports video playback on desktop and mobile devices. You can embed JS Player code to your […]