Live streaming is rapidly becoming an essential feature for modern applications across education, entertainment, and business. Whether you’re hosting live classes, broadcasting sports events, or running webinars, a smooth and interactive streaming experience keeps users engaged. In this guide, we’ll walk you through building a live streaming app in Flutter using VdoCipher’s user-friendly and flexible infrastructure. You’ll learn how to set up the live stream, integrate DVR features, enable interactive chat, and securely embed DRM-protected content, all while ensuring a seamless multi-platform experience. Table of Contents: Why Choose VdoCipher for Live Streaming? Building a Low-Latency Flutter Live Stream App Understanding…
How to Live Stream From Your Mobile Devices?
Live streaming on mobile has become a huge part of how people communicate, with tons of folks using their phones to watch and engage with live video content. Whether it is webinars, events, or live sales, you can do so easily with your mobile devices. Nowadays mobile phone cameras are so good that most of us probably won’t need a separate camera! If you want to go live, you can directly do so with your phone. With social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, you can easily go live with a few taps on your phone. You can…
How to Embed Video in HTML Using iframe or Video Tag Element
Embedding a video file in an HTML document allows the video playback directly in the web browser without needing a separate video player application. HTML video embedding is also important because it will enable videos to be played on mobile devices that do not have a dedicated video player application. For example, many smartphones and tablets do not have a JavaScript video player application installed, but they can still play video files embedded in an HTML document. Additionally, HTML video embedding can be used to create a video gallery, where multiple videos can be displayed on a single page. An…
Why Not to Self Host Your Own Videos? Challenges in Self-hosting videos
At VdoCipher, we have worked with thousands of online businesses for their secure video hosting. In this period we have developed a broad understanding of the video hosting requirements that businesses have. A number of our customers had previously tried to self-host video content. Here we share our learnings from working with our customers. We see that in many cases, the first idea that comes to the video creator is to self-host videos. This means having an in-house team to handle video streaming & hosting technology. However, handling the video hosting on their own end is often not technically and…
What is Streaming, How It Works, and the Technology Behind It
We can all agree that streaming our favorite show or song can turn any day into a perfect escape, bringing entertainment and relaxation at the comfort of our home. Streaming has become such an integral part of our lives that it’s hard to imagine a world without it. Whether you're binge-watching a series, grooving to your favorite playlist, or simply watching a live event in real-time, streaming delivers content to us in the blink of an eye. But have you ever wondered how all of this happens? Behind every smooth playback lies an interesting web of technology, sending data packets…
HEVC/H.265 Codec (High Efficiency Video Coding)
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), also known as H.265 codec, was released in January 2013 as a significant advancement in video compression. HEVC codec delivers high-quality video with reduced file sizes and lower delivery costs, making it ideal for handling high-resolution 4K and 8K videos. Developed as an open standard by ITU-T's VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, HEVC achieves up to 50% better compression than AVC and 75% compared to MPEG-2, revolutionizing video streaming and transmission with cost-efficient, high-quality playback. This technology has become the preferred standard for video coding for various industries due to its ability to efficiently manage video…