Which VNIS Video Stream service should I use?

VNIS Video Stream is available both as a turnkey and a modular video streaming platform. Hence users can use VNIS Video Stream whether they are entirely new to video streaming, or have been using streaming services already.

There are 5 cases where you can take advantage of VNIS Video Stream depending on your available streaming technology/services.

  1. Turnkey video streaming
  2. Modular video streaming
  3. Turnkey live streaming
  4. Modular live streaming
  5. Modular stream analytics

Turnkey video streaming

This case can be used when users want to stream their pre-recorded videos starting from scratch.

With this method, users can use VNIS Video Stream’s built-in transcoder and storage to convert their videos to HLS format and store it. 

VNIS Video Stream will then deliver the video using the best CDN using its Mid-stream switching capabilities, and will also provide engagement and Quality of Experience (QoE) insights through Stream Analytics. 

Follow this article to learn the details on how to upload your pre-recoded videos for video streaming.

Modular video streaming

This case can be used when users want to stream their pre-recorded videos but are already using 3rd party services for storage and transcoding.

With this method, users can simply copy their HLS manifest URL into VNIS Video Stream. 

VNIS Video Stream will then deliver the video using the best CDN using its Mid-stream switching capabilities, and will also provide engagement and Quality of Experience (QoE) insights through Stream Analytics. 

Follow this article to learn the details on how to set up video streaming with your existing video assets on the cloud.

Turnkey live streaming

This case can be used when users want to do live streaming starting from scratch.

With this method, users can use VNIS Video Stream’s built-in RTMP encoder and RTMP server to convert their videos to LL HLS format and open an input and output channel for live streaming. 

VNIS Video Stream will then deliver the video using the best CDN using its Mid-stream switching capabilities, and will also provide engagement and Quality of Experience (QoE) insights through Stream Analytics. 

Modular live streaming

This case can be used when users want to do live streaming but are already using 3rd party services for the RTMP encoder and RTMP server (for input and output channels).

With this method, users can simply copy their HLS manifest URL into VNIS Video Stream. 

VNIS Video Stream will then deliver the video using the best CDN using its Mid-stream switching capabilities, and will also provide engagement and Quality of Experience (QoE) insights through Stream Analytics. 

Follow this article to learn the details on how to set up live streaming with your existing live stream channel.

Modular Stream Analytics

This case can be used when users simply want to integrate engagement and Quality of Experience (QoE) analytics into their existing video streaming app.

With this method, users can simply copy their HLS manifest URL into VNIS Video Stream and set up their origin server as a CDN candidate.

VNIS Video Stream will then provide engagement and Quality of Experience (QoE) insights through Stream Analytics.

Follow this article to learn the details on how to integrate Stream Analytics into your video streaming app.