Here at Showmax, we’re addicted to speed and performance. In this post, I’ll go through a few techniques we used to improve the speed of our encoding pipeline, maximize the computing power of our encoders, and shortening our encoding time. When it... »
In the first part of this series, we explained how Showmax got into the live streaming business and the problems we faced while developing our redundant setup. Now, the fun stuff - here’s a little dive into why our live encoding checker was sometimes... »
This is the first in a series of articles about how Showmax made a radical departure from its video-on-demand roots and took a live streaming platform from scratch to production in less than three months. In particular, we’ll share some of the key... »