


They’re obviously a bit of an outlier, but even something as simple as using VP9 with an H.264 fallback in your video tags can have a tremendous impact on user experience. Netflix, for example, encodes each title in at least 120 different formats and optimizes the encoding settings on a per-title basis. When delivering media content over the internet, it’s important to keep in mind that factors like network bandwidth, screen resolution, and codec support will vary drastically between different devices and connections.Ĭertain media encodings will be better suited for certain viewers, and transcoding source media to multiple formats is a must in order to ensure that you’re delivering the best possible experience to your users. Building a Media Transcoder with Exodus, FFmpeg, and AWS Lambda
