Beamr Celebrates 50 Granted Patents
Receiving our 50th granted patent seemed like a good opportunity to reflect back on our IP journey, and share some lessons we learned along the way.
Adding Beamr’s Frame-Level Content-Adaptive Rate Control to the AV1 Encoder
In this post we present the results of integrating CABR's content-adaptive rate control with the libaom AV1 encoder. CABR can reduce AV1…
Optimizing Bitrates of User-generated Videos with Beamr CABR
In this blog post we present the results of a encoding a set of videos from YouTube’s UGC dataset with Beamr's CABR technology.
Video Codecs in 2020 – The Race is On!
Introduction There are several different video codecs available today for video streaming applications, and more will be released this year.…
For Video Streaming Services, The Internet Is A Shared Resource To Preserve
TL;DR Post COVID-19, the work from home trend will continue, and this will extend the pressure on the Internet from video traffic. Even…
They don’t collect baseball cards, but eSports super fans are giving traditional sports a run for their money.
For sports fans that grew up before the 90s, you likely have fond memories of collecting baseball memorabilia or going to your first game. To…
Why Game of Thrones is pushing video encoder capabilities to the edge
Game of Thrones entered its eighth and final season on April 14th, 2019. Though Game of Thrones has been a cultural phenomenon since the…
How to deal with the tension of video on the mobile network – Part 1
Last week, the Internet erupted in furor over Verizon’s alleged “throttling” of video streaming services over their mobile network. With a…
Comparing HEVC & VP9 Made Easy
Apple recently announced their plans to enable HEVC on up to one billion devices with the release of iOS 11 and High Sierra later this year,…
2016 Paves the Way for a Next-Gen Video Encoding Technology Explosion in 2017
2016 has been a significant year for video compression as 4K, HDR, VR and 360 video picked up steam, paving the road for an EXPLOSION of HEVC…