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Live Streaming infra and protocols

March 24, 2025 · 3 min read · Page View:
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Video | HTTP | RTMP | HLS | Live

In our daily life, you may always see the live streaming on the internet, such as the live streaming of the video conference, the live streaming of the sports event, the live streaming of the online course, etc. And sometimes you even start your own live streaming, but we all get used to just clicking the button on the screen to start the live streaming, do you know what is happening behind the scene?

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Video Technology 101

January 20, 2025 · 21 min read · Page View:
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Video | Resolution | Frame Rate | Bit Rate | Codec | Color Depth | HDR | Video Format

Do you really understand the video technology? What is the frame rate, resolution, bit rate and their relationships? Do you know the parameters p and K in the terminology 1080p and 4K? Do you know how to describe the video quality? What is the Blu-ray Disc on earth? What the difference between the codec such as H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AV1? You may notice the Apple ProRes in apple, so do you really understand what it for? Do you know the HDR and Dolby Vision? So why there are so many tailers such as .mp4, .mkv, .flv, etc?

Now this Video Technology 101 will introduce them to you.

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