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title: Content Delivery Network Blog  | Video - Encoding & Players
description: Video - Encoding & Players | CDN Blog | About Content Delivery Network
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# Content Delivery Network Blog | Video - Encoding & Players | About Content Delivery Network

Video - Encoding & Players | CDN Blog | About Content Delivery Network

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[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Nov-01-2026-12-25-15-6359-PM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/top-6-video-decoding-services-2024)

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## [Video Transcoding Services Compared: Cloud Encoding Options](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/top-6-video-decoding-services-2024)

 Per-minute pricing for managed video transcoding services has held in a narrow band. In published 2025 price lists, AWS ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Nov 1, 2026, 1:27:54 PM 

[Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/top-6-video-decoding-services-2024)

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Nov-01-2026-01-25-14-0205-AM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/overwhelmed-by-video-transcoding-challenges)

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## [What Is Video Transcoding? How It Works and How to Cut Costs](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/overwhelmed-by-video-transcoding-challenges)

 The short answer to what is transcoding: it is decoding an already-compressed video and re-encoding it into a different ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Nov 1, 2026, 2:27:09 AM 

[Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/overwhelmed-by-video-transcoding-challenges)

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Nov-01-2026-12-40-35-9772-AM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/shaka-player-vs-videojs-vs-hls-js-choosing-a-web-player)

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## [Shaka Player vs Video.js vs hls.js: Choosing a Web Player](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/shaka-player-vs-videojs-vs-hls-js-choosing-a-web-player)

 Pick Shaka Player when one codebase must play both DASH and HLS with Widevine, PlayReady and FairPlay. Pick hls.js when ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Nov 1, 2026, 1:42:51 AM 

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## [Captions for Streaming Video: WebVTT, SRT and CEA-608](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/captions-for-streaming-video-webvtt-srt-and-cea-608)

 Evaluated October 2026: for streaming captions, ship WebVTT to every web, mobile and HLS player, keep CEA-608 and ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Oct 31, 2026, 9:33:28 PM 

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## [Video Streaming Protocols Compared: HLS, DASH, RTMP, SRT](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-streaming-protocols-compared-hls-dash-rtmp-srt)

 Evaluated October 2026, the answer for most pipelines is the same: send video into your platform with SRT or RTMP, ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Oct 31, 2026, 7:27:56 PM 

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## [Video Quality Metrics: VMAF, PSNR and SSIM Explained](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-quality-metrics-vmaf-psnr-and-ssim-explained)

 VMAF, PSNR and SSIM are the three video quality metrics most streaming teams run in encoding pipelines, and each ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Oct 25, 2026, 9:32:22 AM 

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## [Video Aspect Ratios Explained: 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-aspect-ratios-explained-16-9-9-16-and-1-1)

 A video aspect ratio is the proportion between a frame's displayed width and its displayed height, written as ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Oct 22, 2026, 9:32:08 AM 

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## [HDR10 vs Dolby Vision: Differences for Streaming Platforms](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision-differences-for-streaming-platforms)

 HDR10 vs Dolby Vision comes down to metadata and licensing. HDR10 is royalty-free and carries one set of static ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Oct 20, 2026, 9:33:28 AM 

[Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/hdr10-vs-dolby-vision-differences-for-streaming-platforms)

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-19-2026-07-30-22-2800-AM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-hdr-video-hdr10-hlg-and-dolby-vision-basics)

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## [What Is HDR Video? HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision Basics](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-hdr-video-hdr10-hlg-and-dolby-vision-basics)

 The precise answer to what is HDR video: high dynamic range video is video encoded with 10-bit or higher samples, ITU-R ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Oct 19, 2026, 9:32:25 AM 

[Read more](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/what-is-hdr-video-hdr10-hlg-and-dolby-vision-basics)

[![](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/hubfs/Gemini-Blog/image-Oct-18-2026-07-30-28-6211-AM.jpeg)](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-resolutions-explained-from-360p-to-8k)

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## [Video Resolutions Explained: From 360p to 8K](https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/video-resolutions-explained-from-360p-to-8k)

 Video resolutions run from 360p (640 x 360, about 230,000 pixels) to 8K (7680 x 4320, about 33.2 million pixels), a ...

 Vadym Borovskyi ·  Oct 18, 2026, 9:32:58 AM 

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