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Success in media streaming open-source : a view after the OSMART#3 workshop
Success in media streaming open-source : a view after the OSMART#3 workshop The OSMART initiative (Open-Source Media Application Reference Tools) is a collaborative effort aimed at fostering discussion and collaboration in the streaming media industry. It provides a platform for open-source maintainers, developers and stakeholders to share ideas, tackle challenges...
Inside GPAC: Romain Bouqueau on Open-Source Innovation and the Future of Streaming
Inside GPAC: Romain Bouqueau on Open-Source Innovation and the Future of Streaming In a recent episode of Visionular’s VideoVerse podcast, Zoe Liu, Co-Founder and Global Product Lead Krishna Rao Vijayanagar, had the pleasure of hosting Romain Bouqueau, a prominent figure in the open-source community, particularly known for his contributions to...
Breaking Barriers in Next-Gen Streaming: Fred Dawson on GPAC UltraMedia
Breaking Barriers in Next-Gen Streaming: Fred Dawson on GPAC UltraMedia In a recent interview, Fred Dawson, an industry journalist and principal at Dawson Communications, sat down with industry expert Jan Ozer, to discuss his latest white paper, "GPAC UltraMedia Technology Breaks Barriers to Next-Gen Video Streaming." Authored by Dawson, the...
Clarifying Motion Spell's Relationship with GPAC Amid CISA Vulnerability Reports
Clarifying Motion Spell's Relationship with GPAC Amid CISA Vulnerability Reports In light of recent advisories from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), we want to clarify several key points regarding Motion Spell's relationship with the GPAC open-source project. Motion Spell provides professional services around GPAC, the highly-regarded multimedia open...
The Business Case for GPAC UltraMedia: A New White Paper from Motion Spell
The Business Case for GPAC UltraMedia: A New White Paper from Motion Spell Motion Spell is proud to announce the release of its first-ever white paper, which, for the first time, focuses on the business case for GPAC. On the 21st anniversary of this groundbreaking open-source project, GPAC - renowned...
NAB Show 2024 Review - A Glimpse into the Future of Broadcasting
NAB Show 2024 Review: A Glimpse into the Future of Broadcasting It was great to be in Las Vegas, seeing colleagues, reviewing all the developments and meeting new people face to face at the show. I greatly enjoyed the camaraderie of representing GPAC and holding the torch for open source...
Is GPAC a Better Open Source Choice Than Bento4 and Shaka Packager?
Is GPAC a Better Open Source Choice Than Bento4 and Shaka Packager? Curious about the different open source video packaging tools that are out there? At Motion Spell, we’re passionate about innovation and efficiency in the streaming media space. That's why we've worked with GPAC to put together an insightful...
Streaming at the Crossroads - Abundance, Innovation and the Quest for Engagement
Streaming at the Crossroads: Abundance, Innovation and the Quest for Engagement In an era where digital content is more abundant than ever, streaming platforms find themselves in a precarious balancing act. As they vie for the attention of an increasingly fragmented audience, the question of content lifetime has never been...
Streamlining Success in Video Streaming - Making Informed Open-Source, Build or Buy Decisions
Streamlining Success in Video Streaming: Making Informed Open-Source, Build or Buy Decisions In the streaming industry, businesses encounter a plethora of technological challenges and opportunities, as well as a large array of vendors who can help with various solutions. A key decision that companies frequently face is choosing between open-source...
Unraveling the World of Video Encoding and Packaging: A Deep Dive into GPAC, FFmpeg, and GStreamer
Unraveling the World of Video Encoding and Packaging: A Deep Dive into GPAC, FFmpeg, and GStreamer In the realm of digital content delivery, video encoding and packaging play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless streaming experiences for users. The advancement of open-source technologies has revolutionized this landscape, introducing powerful tools...
The Role of Open-Source in Sustainability
The Role of Open-Source in Sustainability Introduction I was invited to speak at the Media Meet & Greet Connect 365 event on June 13, 2023, along with Simon Cardon from GreenWeb. The session was about software’s role in sustainability. I was invited because of my contributions to open-source software (OSS)....
The NAB Show 2023 report
The NAB Show 2023 report Introduction It's been a busy NAB. Our CEO Romain Bouqueau was there. He could find time to visit the show. Here are his findings! Globally this NAB was a pleasant experience. The organization was flawless. Conferences added value even though -toward the end of the...
The era of fakery
The era of fakery Our alternative thoughts on the Metaverse have triggered an interesting internal discussion: if text is mightier than the metaverse and if we are flooded with fake news, will the metaverse be a universe of fakery? In fact the emergence of AI has already dived us into...
The metaverse - alternative thoughts
The metaverse - alternative thoughts The metaverse is a 2x innovation with a 1000x cost. It will take time to take off - if it ever does. Introduction Everyone seems to have an opinion on the Metaverse since Mark Zuckerberg expressed himself during the summer 2021. I like reading opinions...
On decisions (update)
On decisions - update The blog article was updated following to your feedback on social networks. Enjoy!
On decisions
On decisions Updated on 2021/10/04: added references to better articles thanks to your feedbacks :) About efficiency There is one subject that seems to preoccupy tech workers around the world: how to be more efficient? Depending on your position (technician, engineer, sales, manager, CxO, ...) you may have a different...
The outstanding potential of multicast ABR
The outstanding potential of multicast ABR One of the most interesting subject over the last 10 years has been hybridation of services. This hybridation is supported by several factors. The most important for us is the transport. Hybrid transport is often a combination of unicast and multicast (not always but...
IRT shutdown and Mozilla layoff – or the death of corporate research labs
IRT shutdown and Mozilla layoff or the death of corporate research labs Introduction This is the summer of 2020. The year where Covid-19 appeared. My colleague Rodolphe Fouquet sent me a text during my holidays: IRT would shut down by the end of the year. We knew this could happen...
The secret about hidden software costs
The secret about hidden software costs An essay on how to keep your development projects under control Introduction I'd like to share a secret with you: there is nothing like a custom software suited to *your* need. At first it may seem a paradox considering our company licenses its software....
Here is what the 2020 horizon hides
Here is what the 2020 horizon hides There is a new decade behind us and another one in front of us. When I look back at the last ten years, I cannot spot any technological disruptive innovation in our industry. I've worked close to R&D during these ten years and...
IBC 2019 report: the calm before the storm
IBC 2019 report: the calm before the storm We'll spare you here the demos about 5G, 8K and blockchains. We're sure by the time you read this article you'll find other reports to cover them extensively! Convergence of networks (hybrid broadcast broadband) There is a reality of a comeback of...
IBC 2019 organization comments
IBC 2019 organization comments Click here for our report about the IBC content. This year IBC was in our opinion the best edition of the last five years. After a disappointing NAB 2019, and a very disappointing IBC 2018, IBC 2019 made conservative choices to concentrate on what is essential....
What prevents new Netflix-es to emerge
What prevents new Netflix-es to emerge Introduction Since Netflix emerged as a giant the SVoD market went through different phases: people didn't believe it would succeed (some still do!), then existing actors were unable to understand and move appropriately, then startups tried to plagiarize Netflix, then Netflix has started to...
Wind in the sails of MPEG
Wind in the sails of MPEG Introduction Motion Spell, the company behind GPAC Licensing, has been quite involved in projects that required to follow the standardization activity. The environment has started to change these last years. Deep changes at MPEG The wind of change blows on MPEG. Despite fierce competition...
This All Javascript Mania has to stop
This All Javascript Mania has to stop During the few past years, the price of DRAM has droppped significantly... well, not in 2017. Here is the example of the price of a DDR4 2400MHz stick from February 2017 to January 2018. With a lot at $27 in May 2017, it...
Semantic UI And The Promotion Of Duplication
Semantic UI And The Promotion Of Duplication The way to Semantic UI You may know that, here, at GPAC, we are mostly "low level" application developers. Developing low level native apps is what we mostly do. However, in 2017, a low level apps is often not enough and you have...
SUMMARY OF IBC 2017
SUMMARY OF IBC 2017 This year was the 50th anniversary of IBC. IBC is in our opinion the most important show of our industry (followed by NAB in Las Vegas which addresses the US market better). However we find it unfortunate that the organizers feel obliged to report an increasing...
NAB 2017 report in tweets
NAB 2017 report in tweets Professional low latency MPEG-DASHdemo with @NicolasWeil from @akamami https://t.co/ObNCogLkYp https://t.co/lRfHLWyON8 #NABShow — GPAC Licensing (@GPAClicensing) April 18, 2017 All set for the #NAB2017 @DASH_IF Reception DASH demos: Live CMAF, Low Latency DASH, Ultra Low Latency CMAF + goodies... See you there ! https://t.co/YpIgwe5xkv — Nicolas...
Summary of IBC 2016 from the GPAC Licensing team
Summary of IBC 2016 from the GPAC Licensing team Dear followers, We are back from IBC and we wanted to share with you our thoughts and feelings about IBC 2016. Each and every year there are more demos powered by GPAC, and more of the technology we standardize that is...
Summary of IBC’15 from the GPAC Licensing team
Summary of IBC’15 from the GPAC Licensing team Dear followers, We are back from IBC and we wanted to share with you our thoughts and feelings about IBC 2015. First of all, there are always more demos powered by GPAC (open-source, standardization) or GPAC Licensing (industry partnerships, licenses and products)....
Summary of IBC’14 from the GPAC Licensing team
Summary of IBC’14 from the GPAC Licensing team Dear followers, We are back from IBC and we wanted to share with you our thoughts and feelings. GPAC demos First we were really proud to see our products used directly on so many booths. People now know the GPAC open-source project...
Summary of NAB'14 from the GPAC Licensing team
Summary of NAB'14 from the GPAC Licensing team Dear followers, We are back from NAB and we wanted to share with you few projects we found particularly interesting. Some of them we are part of, and some of them which just amazed us. GPAC demos GPAC was present on several...