July 15th, 2020 × #video#videostreaming#hosting
Video for the Web 2020 and Beyond
Overview of options and considerations for hosting and streaming video in 2020 with a deep dive into the tech stack Scott chose for his site
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about the future of video for the web!
Sanity - Sponsor
Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax.
Freshbooks - Sponsor
Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax and put SYNTAX in the "How did you hear about us?" section.
Show Notes
08:19 - Scott's Background in video
- Started editing in middle school
- Worked professionally as an editor and production assistant for magazine
- Created specialty flash video players
- Have been hosting video content since the start of my web career
09:12 - Terminology
- Transcoding - digital to digital conversion of one format to another
- Ingest - bringing a video to a new facility (ie uploaded video file or data stream to server)
10:51 - Streaming vs Downloading
- Streaming is basically chunks of content at a time, while download is waiting for the entire file to be downloaded before playing.
11:16 - Formats
- MP4
- WebM
- DASH
- HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)
- m3u8
21:35 - Players
- shaka-player - https://github.com/google/shaka-player/
- hls.js - https://hls-js.netlify.app/demo/
- dash.js - https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js
- video.js - https://videojs.com/
- jw player - https://www.jwplayer.com/
- Bit Movin player - https://bitmovin.com/docs/player
- Ooyala Brightcove - https://www.brightcove.com/en/
27:48 - Services Roundup 🐴
- YouTube - free
- Vimeo - $
- MUX - $$
- Wistia - $$$$
- Cloudflare - $$
- JW Player - $
- Cloudinary - $$$
- Brightcove - $$$
- Azure - $$
- Bit Movin - $$
- AWS - $$
46:59 - What Scott did and how/why
- upchunk
- Mux
- Video.js
- Custom uploader
- Using polling
Links
- Basecamp
- Hey
- Inbox
- YouTube
- Wistia
- Drip
- ConvertKit
- Vimeo
- https://fronteers.nl/congres/2015/sessions/jsmpeg-by-dominic-szablewski
- https://www.vidbeo.com/blog/hls-vs-dash
- HLS Can I Use
- youtube-dl
- Syntax Ep 254: Headless CMS Break Down & Roundup
- Cloudflare
- Mux
- Framer Motion
- Cloudinary
- upchunk
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
- Scott: Flexibility Focus Podcast
- Wes: Mustie1 YouTube Channel
Shameless Plugs
- Scott: CSS Variables Course - Sign up for the year and save 25%!
- Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code 'Syntax' for $10 off!
Tweet us your tasty treats!
- Scott's Instagram
- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes' Instagram
- Wes' Twitter
- Wes' Facebook
- Scott's Twitter
- Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets
