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  5. Bitmovin vs Owncast

Bitmovin vs Owncast

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Overview

Bitmovin
Bitmovin
Stacks11
Followers42
Votes0
Owncast
Owncast
Stacks3
Followers4
Votes0
GitHub Stars10.6K
Forks1.1K

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Detailed Comparison

Bitmovin
Bitmovin
Owncast
Owncast

It provides adaptive streaming infrastructure for video publishers and integrators. Fastest cloud encoding and HTML5 Player, play Video Anywhere.

It is a self-hosted live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software. Point your live stream at a server you personally control and regain ownership over your content.

Encoding; Player; Analytics; Mobile SDK; Live Streaming
Open-source; Self-hosted live streaming server; Regain ownership over your content
Statistics
GitHub Stars
-
GitHub Stars
10.6K
GitHub Forks
-
GitHub Forks
1.1K
Stacks
11
Stacks
3
Followers
42
Followers
4
Votes
0
Votes
0
Integrations
JavaScript
JavaScript
Google Compute Engine
Google Compute Engine
C++
C++
Ruby
Ruby
Fastly
Fastly
Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Docker
Docker

What are some alternatives to Bitmovin, Owncast?

Zencoder

Zencoder

Zencoder downloads the video and converts it to as many formats as you need. Every output is encoded concurrently, with virtually no waiting—whether you do one or one hundred. Zencoder then uploads the resulting videos to a server, CDN, an S3 bucket, or wherever you dictate in your API call.

Kurento

Kurento

It is a WebRTC media server and a set of client APIs making simple the development of advanced video applications for WWW and smartphone platforms. Media Server features include group communications, transcoding and more.

GStreamer

GStreamer

It is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling components. The applications it supports range from simple Ogg/Vorbis playback, audio/video streaming to complex audio (mixing) and video (non-linear editing) processing.

Cloudflare Stream

Cloudflare Stream

Cloudflare Stream makes integrating high-quality streaming video into a web or mobile application easy. Using a single, integrated workflow through a robust API or drag and drop UI, application owners can focus on creating the best video experience.

Bacon AI

Bacon AI

Create studio-quality images, videos, and UGC - in minutes

Vmake

Vmake

Is a video editor designed for talking head videos, making it easier to generate creative video editing ideas.

Amazon Elastic Transcoder

Amazon Elastic Transcoder

Convert or transcode media files from their source format into versions that will playback on devices like smartphones, tablets and PCs. Create a transcoding “job” specifying the location of your source media file and how you want it transcoded. Amazon Elastic Transcoder also provides transcoding presets for popular output formats. All these features are available via service API, AWS SDKs and the AWS Management Console.

OBS Studio

OBS Studio

It is a free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. It is equipped with a powerful API, enabling plugins and scripts to provide further customization and functionality specific to your needs. It supports all your favorite streaming platforms and more.

AWS Elemental MediaConvert

AWS Elemental MediaConvert

AWS Elemental MediaConvert is a file-based video transcoding service with broadcast-grade features. It allows you to easily create video-on-demand (VOD) content for broadcast and multiscreen delivery at scale.

Wowza

Wowza

It offers a customizable live streaming platform to build, deploy and manage high-quality video, live and on-demand. It powers professional-grade streaming for any use case and any device.

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