"How to Prevent video download?" This has been a major concern for any video platform looking to generate revenue for them. Let’s take a scenario which we recently faced with a customer. Andrew, a product head in a major eLearning video platform based in the USA reached out to us. Their platform allows individual teachers to create courses on their platform. These are pre recorded videos and contain the complete syllabus for the year. Their courses were really popular among students. But they saw a steep decline in the number of sign ups and views of their popular courses. After…
How to Embed a Live Stream on Your Website?
Embed Live Stream Now Live streaming has become a powerful tool to engage audiences in real-time. It allows you to have an interactive experience with your audience on a massive scale. Whether you're a content creator, educator, or business owner, embedding live streams on your website can significantly enhance viewer engagement and extend your reach. As content creators, you can now easily engage with your audiences live, while showcasing the content. Educators won't be just restricted to the classroom to engage with their audience. They can now cater to a bigger demographic and teach their students without any restriction. This…
AWS S3 Video Streaming & Video Hosting with Amazon CDN and Multi-DRM
Videos significantly increase user engagement, with users spending more time on websites with videos and video content receiving substantially more shares compared to images or text. AWS offers a suite of tools for video hosting, chief among them being Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront. Amazon S3 is known for its durability, boasting a 99.999999999% durability rate and 99.99% availability, ensuring that videos stored are not only safe but virtually imperishable. Amazon S3 has been providing cloud services since 2006 and reports storing more than 100 trillion objects in S3 servers as of March 2021. It became popular as an easy…
History of Netflix- Founding, Model, Timeline, Milestones (2025)
Here at VdoCipher, we are in awe of how the history of Netflix has consistently innovated in video streaming. Over the history of Netflix, the company has maintained a content catalog that was earlier delivered via mail. When the technology infrastructure became available Netflix pioneered video technology, which revolutionized home-based video entertainment. The technical decisions that Netflix takes often serve as guides for VdoCipher's course of action, while the long-term vision that the company has executed in its two decades has helped it stand out from the competition. Netflix offers a fantastic glimpse into how long-term strategy and decision-making ensured…
A Complete Guide on WordPress Live Streaming: Embed, Tips and More
Get Started with Live Streaming Now Are you looking to live stream video content on your WordPress site? If the answer is yes, then look no further, we’ve got you covered. You all have heard of live streaming here and now, be it on social media, news, or sports related events. It has become an essential tool for engaging audiences in real-time, whether for business, education, or entertainment. With WordPress dominating and powering over 40% of the web, integrating live streaming into your WordPress site is now possible and can significantly enhance user experience and engagement. In this guide, we…
Why is DRM not enough to protect video piracy? What additional measures are required?
For quite a long, it was considered that Hollywood approved DRMs (Google Widevine, Apple Fairplay DRM) is good enough to protect videos from piracy. The technologies which hackers pursue to illegally download content or share illegal access have advanced over the years, and currently DRM is not enough to prevent video piracy. We are listing various reasons why DRM is not enough, and what additional protections are done by VdoCipher to fix each vulnerability. DRM vulnerabilities in past 1 year Extracting video URLs to play outside website/app or app clones Illegal password sharing leading over-usage Screen Capture in some platforms…