Authors Robert SeeligerIn part 2 of our blogpost series, “Decoding Green Streaming” we discussed the analysis of streaming devices’ energy consumption. We focused on exploring how various factors such as content characteristics, stream parameters, and display settings can impact overall energy consumption…
Authors Robert SeeligerIn part 1 of this blog post series, we set the stage for our analysis on energy efficiency and energy saving potentials in streaming by introducing our Green Streaming Measurement Architecture that seamlessly integrates Energy Consumption Data and Streaming Metrics…
Authors Robert SeeligerThe Impact of Bitrate, Resolution, and Beyond In an era where streaming has evolved into an essential and omnipresent aspect of our everyday routines, the relevance of the ecological footprint of our multimedia entertainment is gaining prominence. Behind the scenes…
Authors Görkem Güclü, Sinh An and Stefan PhamThe initial request to support preview images or so-called thumbnails in ExoPlayer was made in a GitHub issue in 2018. Throughout the years many requests and upvotes for this feature were seen. More than five years later we are happy…
Authors Mariana AvelinoFAMIUM SAND is an analytics tool for content providers to monitor the performance of their streaming services. In this blog post, we continue to explore SAND’s debugging capabilities using two more concrete examples. For our first example check out Part…
Authors Mariana AvelinoFAMIUM SAND is an analytics tool for content providers to monitor the performance of their streaming services. What makes SAND stand out from other analytics tools is its debugging-oriented design and in this two-part blog post, we are going to…
Authors Mariana AvelinoIn the second blog post of the SAND series, we will take a detailed look at the different FAMIUM SAND dashboards: Real-Time Monitoring, Reporting, Errors Overview, DRM/ Media/ XHR Errors and Session Details. Read on to discover what the purpose…
Authors Mariana AvelinoWelcome to the first blog post of our latest series „SAND“! Here we will introduce our solution „FAMIUM SAND“ by explaining what it is and why it’s important, especially for content providers. We’ll keep our discussion high-level, but if you…
Authors Stefan Pham and Louay BassboussIn cooperation with Zattoo, Fraunhofer FOKUS developed a concept and architecture for enabling HbbTV on Zattoo’s Android TV Operator set-top boxes. As a result, an HbbTV library for Android was developed and integrated in the Zattoo Android TV App. This…
Authors Sinh An and Stefan PhamIn a recent blog post by Google Exoplayer developers new experimental features to improve the ExoPlayer’s rendering performance were introduced. As we have received numerous customer complaints about stuttering, freezing and frame drops during video playback on various Android-based devices,…
