Transcoding and streaming-as-a-service for improved video quality on the web

Real-time entertainment application such as the streaming of audio and video is responsible for the majority of today's Internet traffic. The transport thereof is accomplished over the top of the existing infrastructure and with MPEG-DASH interoperability is achieved. However, standards like MPEG-DASH only provide the format definition and the actual behavior of the corresponding implementations is left open for (industry) competition. In this demo paper we present our cloud encoding service and HTML5 adaptive streaming player enabling highest quality (i.e., no stalls and maximum media quality under the given conditions) and low start-up delay (for both live and on demand) at low (networking) costs. The demo comprises a feature-rich set of DASH-based application scenarios including much faster than real-time encoding/transcoding in the public cloud, live (device-to-device) streaming, support for digital rights management and advertisements, ultra high-definition and high frame rates, virtual reality, and 360° videos.