Diagram: Streaming Service Schema and WATTs Measurement
This diagram is a high-level schema of a streaming service and its relationships to measuring WATTs throughout the system.
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Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP is an MPEG international standard to enable non-proprietary ABR media streaming using fMP4 containers and any codec format.
Read articleElectronic Programming Guide (EPG)
Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) is a digital guide that displays information about current and upcoming content on cable, satellite or streaming channels. At a glance an EPG will…
Read articleEncoded Bitrate
Encoded Bitrate is the bitrate of the compressed (i.e. during ABR encode/transcode) audio or video media objects, each Bitrate level representing different quality levels in ABR. The concept…
Read articleEncoder Boundary Point (EBP)
Encoder Boundary Point (EBP) is used by the ABR transcoder to signal segment boundaries that are used by the packager downstream to generate the segment files. Standardized by…
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Hardware or software that encodes or decodes a data stream (e.g. audio, video, closed captions).
Read articleEndpoint
Hostname of an Edge server that end users use to request a file
Read articleEvent Message (emsg)
Event Message (emsg) boxes are often used to carry proprietary metadata since no standardised methods include a latency timestamp.
Read articleFragmented MP4 (fMP4)
Fragmented MP4 (fMP4) is an MP4 container with its media logically partitioned into moof-mdat pairs (fragments). fMP4 can be one .mp4 file (all fragments) streamed using byte-range requests…
Read articleHigh Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP)
High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) is an adaptive HTTP-based video streaming protocol with a particular focus on low end-to-end latency and fast channel-change.
Read articleHigh Efficiency Video Codec
Video compression standard, published in 2013, with the goal to succeed AVC/H.264 by reducing bitrate up to 50% while maintaining the same perceptual video quality (PVQ).
Read articleHTTP Live Streaming
HTTP Live Streaming is an Apple standard for ABR media streaming using fMP4 or MPEG-TS containers and H.264 or H.265 video codecs.
Read articleHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol used for exchanging information over the Internet.
Read articleID3
ID3 is a metadata format that can be used to carry additional information in CMAF and transport streams.
Read articleIndustry Associations and Standards Organizations
There are numerous industry associations, trade associations, technical groups, and standards definitions organizations (SDOs), operating in the streaming industry space (or adjacent to it). Below is a list…
Read articleInsertion Order
An Insertion Order (IO) is an agreement between the publisher and advertiser to run an ad campaign. It is the final step of a direct sold/bought advertising deal…
Read articleInternet Protocol Television (IPTV)
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is TV delivered over Internet Protocol (IP) rather than using QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) over a wire or OTA (Over The Air).
Read articleISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF)
ISO base media file format (ISOBMFF) is a standard for storing and exchanging media data.
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