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Hello,
Is there a way to automatically change the quality of the video based on the user’s bandwidth? Similarly to how YouTube does it?
I’m using hosted videos and the shortcode to build my players.
Kindly advise, thanks.
Kendell
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Hi Kendell.
Yes, there is. We call it Quality Switching, and you can read more about it here: https://foliovision.com/player/basic-setup/quality-switching
Thanks for your post.
Sylvain
Hello Kendell,
FV Player Quality Switching gives you the basics, but in order to have working ABR (Adaptive Bitrate Streaming) you have to encode your videos in HLS or MPEG-DASH formats.
Our guide for HLS can be found here: https://foliovision.com/player/securing-your-video/hls-stream It uses AWS which is not easy to use and not cheap, but it also gives you encrypted video, which is much harder to download. The automated video download tools won’t be able to download it.
Thanks,
MartinThanks @Sylvain and @Martin,
I’ve managed to get the basic setup working with my self hosted video. I’m using the Publitio platform (https://publit.io/) to serve my video to the player.
I’m assuming the video have to be encoded on the fly to get the HLS working?
Regards,
KendellHi Kendell.
There are several steps to get HLS working, and they’re explained step-by-step, in our guide: https://foliovision.com/player/securing-your-video/hls-stream
If you have any questions, after reading it, please let us know.Thanks.
Sylvain
