09 Jul
Fundamentals, White Papers

Not All Codec Implementations Are Equal

What We’ve Learned from the Edge Table of Contents Why Compression Needs a Second Look  Traditional Compression is Maxed Out AI - A Smarter Way to Compress Video How Our AI-Driven Video Compression Works Why Switch Now? Use Case Snapshots Compression is Strategic   Video is everywhere, and the bar keeps rising. Mobile-first audiences expect instant load times. Smart TVs demand pristine clarity. Nobody tolerates buffering anymore. Every byte you ship to meet that bar costs money. Storage, CDN, encoding - the pipeline is under constant pressure, and it's only getting heavier. Compression has long been treated as a backend afterthought, something engineers tune once...

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13 Jun
Fundamentals

Aurora-VQA: Blind Video Quality Assessment That Thinks Like Your Viewers

The Hidden Gap in Video Experience Metrics Your audience doesn’t care about PSNR or SSIM. They care about whether the video looks good and feels right, especially when watching user-generated content, live sports, or social video on the move. But most platforms still evaluate quality using outdated metrics or rely on manual QA teams and viewer complaints. It doesn’t scale. It doesn’t reflect human perception. And it leaves a massive blind spot in your video experience workflow. That’s why we built Aurora VQA, an AI-powered blind video quality assessment system that works without a reference, sees video the way humans do, and empowers...

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02 Dec
Case Studies, H.265/HEVC

Transforming Remote Production: Visionular’s HEVC Technology Powers Intinor’s Next-Generation Streaming Solutions

In the competitive world of professional video streaming, Intinor stands out for delivering broadcast-quality content over standard internet connections. Its integration of Visionular's AI-powered Aurora5 HEVC codec into the Direkt link and Direkt router platforms marks a significant leap forward in remote production capabilities, enabling high-quality multi-camera streaming even in challenging network environments.Remote production teams face a common dilemma: delivering broadcast-quality video while working with limited bandwidth, particularly over 4G/5G networks. The traditional approach using H.264/AVC compression forced users to choose between quality and bandwidth efficiency—a compromise that professional broadcasters increasingly find unacceptable.  "We evaluated several HEVC solutions, but none could deliver...

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04 Sep
News

Visionular and Ant Media Announce Strategic Collaboration to Revolutionize Live Streaming and Video Compression

Los Altos, CA. and New York / Sept. 4th, 2024 / Ant Media, a leader in ultra-low latency streaming solutions, and Visionular Inc., a pioneer in AI-driven video compression technology, are thrilled to announce a strategic collaboration aimed at transforming the live streaming and video compression landscapes.  This partnership combines Ant Media’s cutting-edge streaming capabilities with Visionular’s state-of-the-art video compression technology for H.264/AVC, HEVC, and AV1, thus creating a powerful synergy that promises to   streamline live-streaming deployments  reduce the cost of doing business by cutting down on CDN and storage costs,   improve video quality, and   enhance video streaming experiences across various...

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Visionular achieves SOC2 Type 1 certification
15 Jul
News

Visionular Demonstrates Commitment to Security with SOC 2® Type I Report

Visionular Achieves SOC 2® Type I Certification, Reinforcing Industry-Leading Data Security and Compliance for Video Compression TechnologySan Francisco, CA / July 15th, 2024 / Visionular Inc., a pioneer in AI-driven video compression, has successfully completed the Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type I audit. This achievement is part of Visionular’s company-wide commitment to ensuring it delivers the highest standards of security for customers. "Achieving SOC 2 Type I certification is a significant milestone for Visionular," said Zoe Liu, CTO and Co-Founder of Visionular. "It underscores our dedication to maintaining the highest level of security and privacy for our clients. Our customers can...

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what is capped CRF in video rate control
09 Jul
Glossary

What is Capped CRF?

Capped CRF is a video encoding technique that combines Constant Rate Factor (CRF) rate-control with a bitrate cap (or ceiling) to be able to control the video bitrate, while maintaining the video quality at the desired level. Capped CRF is quite different from VBR rate control that prioritizes quality over hitting or staying under a specific bitrate CBR rate control that prioritizes hitting a specific bitrate over quality Capped CRF has become quite popular in the video encoding sector because it allows a video encoder to achieve a balance between video quality, file size, and bandwidth limitations, is very useful in...

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05 Jul
Glossary

What are AV1 Golden Frames?

A golden frame is a special kind of reference frame in the AV1 video codec standard. It acts as a long-term reference in the encoding process and is different from a standard reference frames that are used to define a GOP or Group of Pictures. Golden frames are more important in AV1's multi-layer reference frame hierarchy and this priority lets them remain in particularly for an extended time, occupying targeted reference frame buffers. The choice of golden frames is an important one that the encoder must make. A lot of things such as complexity of scene, distance in time of frames,...

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02 Jul
Glossary

Difference Between Video Bitrate And Video Resolution

Have you ever wondered what makes a video look crisp, clear, and perfectly detailed on your screen? Two of the main factors that determine video quality are video bitrate and video resolution. Though they sound similar, these two concepts are actually quite different. In this post, we'll explain in simple terms what bitrate and resolution are, how they work together to create high quality video, and why understanding the difference between them matters. It doesn’t matter if you're streaming movies, filming videos on your phone, or just want to learn more about digital video, this guide will help you a lot later on!In...

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24 Jun
AV1

AV1 Low Delay for RTC – Challenges and Suggestions

I started working on AV1 by developing the standard, and since then I've been eating my own dog food and developing production encoders for AV1. Now, when I started on video coding, RTC meant video calling, conferencing, that kind of thing. But since then, the scope of RTC has increased to include things like game sharing and live streaming, so it's become increasingly challenging to develop an AV1 encoder for that range of applications. So, my agenda today will explore some of the issues that come up in that development. First of all, I'm going to talk about what's involved in...

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Video encoding compared on ARM vs. Intel x86 processors
18 Jun
Fundamentals

Video Encoding on ARM vs. Intel x86 – Which Is Better?

In this article, we talk about video encoding on ARM processors using benchmarks that show why they are suited for video compression (both from a performance and a pricing standpoint), and compare the results with video compression on Intel x86 (CISC) processors. When it comes to video encoding and building out your video encoding infra and architecture, two factors are critical - how fast the encoding gets done, and the compute cost of getting it done. If you pay less and get a machine with poor specifications - it takes longer to encode; but, if you spend too much on your infrastructure,...

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