Category: Glossary

Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), also known as MPEG-DASH, is an adaptive bitrate streaming technique that enables high-quality streaming of media content over the Internet delivered from conventional HTTP web servers. Similar to Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) solution, MPEG-DASH works by breaking the content into a sequence of small segments, which are served […]

A code used to identify a source of audio/video streaming, in order to show the stream on a website or software over the Web.

Adobe Flash Media Server is a real-time media server It can deliver live audio/video, stream audio/video, record audio/video, etc.

Allows users to push or pull live stream from their local computer to CDN first and from there restream to multiple platforms like Facebook, youtube, or twitch.

Usually has Aspect ratio: 16:9 / resolution: 144p = 256 x 144

Usually has Aspect ratio: 16:9 / resolution: 240p = 352 x 240

Usually has Aspect ratio: 4:3 / resolution: 360 p = 480 x 360

480p is the shorthand name for a family of video display resolutions. The p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced. The 480 denotes a vertical resolution of 480 pixels, usually with a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and 4:3 aspect ratio (480 × ​4⁄3 = 640) or a horizontal resolution of 854 or less (848 should be used for mod16 compatibility)[1] pixels for an approximate 16:9 aspect ratio (480 × ​16⁄9 = 853.3).

720p (1280×720 px; also called HD Ready or standard HD) is a progressive HDTV signal format with 720 horizontal lines and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HDTV (1.78:1).

Also known as Full HD. Is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen vertically, the p stands for progressive scan