Explore the world of streaming video.

Live Content

Live content is video content that is primarily meant to be watched as it is happening. Examples include a live sports game, a live news conference, etc. Viewer…

Live Streaming Workflow

High level view of video streaming workflow for live content.

Live-to-File

File captured from a linear channel and ready for exporting to an external system for editing purposes. Capture initiated by the operator of the service.

Live-to-VOD

Asset captured from a linear channel and transferred to a VOD catalog. Capture initiated by the operator of the service.

Load Balancer

Hardware and/or software which functions to distribute network traffic among a pool of servers, either locally or globally scoped, according to different policies which could be for example,…

Load Balancing

Load balancing is, as the name suggests, generally instituted to balance load among a set of resources. It is a specific case of load sharing. In the CDN…

Load Sharing

Load sharing is the practice of splitting utilization among a pool of resources. It can be implemented in an equal (“balanced”) fashion or one in which balance is…

Logical Asset Identifier

A Logical Asset Identifier (ALID) is a relational ID that links business metadata such as avails to an audiovisual content experience.

Long-Term Evolution

See 4G.

Low-Latency Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (LL-DASH)

Low-Latency Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (LL-DASH) is an extension of the MPEG-DASH protocol designed to minimize latency in video streaming. While both LL-DASH and DASH are based…

Low-latency HTTP Live Streaming (LL-HLS)

Low-latency HTTP Live Streaming (LL-HLS) is an extension of the HLS protocol designed to minimize latency in video streaming. While both LL-HLS and HLS are based on similar…

Machine Learning

Machine learning uses training datasets to learn and develop models that can be used to perform analysis and/or develop predictions based on past observations within the training set.

Manifest

A manifest refers to a text file that describes other files that can be fetched as part of Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR). A master manifest is a text…

Mean Time To Detection

The average time it takes to detect an issue. In media streaming context, the issue can impact streaming QoS, PQ or QoE.

Mean Time to Resolution

The average time it takes to resolve an issue. In media streaming context, the issue can impact streaming QoS, PQ or QoE.

Media Presentation Description (MPD)

Media Presentation Description (MPD) is a manifest file that contains information about content that is streamed using MPEG-DASH. MPD is an XML document that contains metadata that a…

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Metadata

The term metadata means simply, data about the data. It is how one set of data is used to describe other data. Metadata falls into several primary categories…