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Practical guides to hosting video properly: choose protection for the risk, measure delivery, size a library and test playback. Each article with a dated performance, savings or ranking claim carries its own date and conditions so you can evaluate the evidence in context.
Articles
RTMP ingest and HLS delivery modelHow an RTMP live stream moves from encoder to viewer
Understand RTMP ingest, HLS viewer playback, stream-key security and a symptom-led test plan before running a DynTube live event.
2 September 2026
Schedule a prerecorded live streamPlanning a prerecorded live stream that runs without you
Choose the source, timezone, recurrence pattern and playlist behaviour for an unattended prerecorded broadcast — and the failure shapes to check before the first occurrence.
2 September 2026
Live stream recording and replayDeciding before the event: recording a live stream and what to do with the replay
Recording is opt-in, plan-gated and decided before you go live. What to confirm in advance, what arrives in your library afterwards, and what is still yours to publish.
2 September 2026
StreamingAdaptive streaming, and why live streaming is simple
How an adaptive ladder decides which rendition an uploaded video’s viewer receives — and why a DynTube live stream has no ladder at all, because it carries the single quality your encoder sends.
StreamingWhy do we need multiple resolutions of a video?
How one uploaded source becomes several renditions, why the source sets the ceiling, and what actually decides which one a viewer receives.
2 January 2020
StreamingSetting the right bitrate for HLS video hosting
Why a static screencast and a football match need different encoder settings, and how to choose a bitrate from the content rather than from a table.
1 January 2023
StreamingMaximising your video streaming potential with HLS
An introduction to HLS: segmenting, the manifest, and what the format gives you that a plain progressive MP4 does not.
1 January 2023
InfrastructureCalculating bandwidth usage for HLS video hosting
The arithmetic behind a delivery estimate, worked through step by step. Pair it with the bandwidth calculator if you want the numbers done for you.
1 January 2023
ProtectionCan my users copy or download my videos?
Map encryption, domain restrictions and viewer capture to the risk each control addresses before setting a protection requirement.
1 January 2022
ProtectionHow to protect online videos from screen recording
How authorised-viewer screen capture remains possible and how visible watermarking adds attribution and deterrence.
ProtectionProtect videos from Internet Download Manager
Why a download manager can retrieve some videos directly and gets nowhere with others — a delivery question, not a tooling one — and where the real exposure sits.
1 January 2022
ProtectionTest your delivery against a download manager
A protocol for checking what a download manager can retrieve from your own videos, with a live encrypted sample and the evidence boundary for a clean result.
30 November 2023
ProtectionUsing a download manager to audit your own video
What download managers do, where the authorisation line sits, and how to point one at your own delivery to see what a stranger with an off-the-shelf extension would be offered.
13 November 2023
ProtectionScreen Shield: try recording it yourself
A live sample with the overlay running, plus how to record it properly and read the result. The overlay is intended to add visible artefacts to some captures; it does not stop recording.
1 January 2024
ProtectionScreen Shield: when to switch it on
Choose the overlay for its visible capture effect, and compare it with encryption, watermarking and DRM while checking plan entitlement.
SecurityIs your host missing crucial video encryption?
What "encrypted" can mean at different points in a delivery chain, and which question to ask a host so the answer means something.
SecurityProtect your online videos with HLS encryption
What AES-128 packaging does to an HLS segment, how the player obtains the key, and how encryption differs from DRM.
1 January 2023
EducationBest video hosting for online courses
What to evaluate when lessons are the product: access control, playback on ordinary connections, and whether the engagement data answers your questions.
1 January 2022
EducationHow to host online courses
All-in-one course platform or your own site with dedicated video hosting: the questions that decide it, and what the video layer is responsible for.
1 January 2022
EducationVideo hosting for online courses and education
The 2024 revisit of the course-hosting question, covering institutions as well as independent creators.
1 January 2024
DevelopersHow to host videos for Roku channels
Preparing a feed and delivering video to a Roku channel from a library you already have.
1 January 2022
DevelopersHow to host videos for a Fire TV app
How DynTube hosting and the MRSS feed connect with your Fire TV app, plus the checks to run before Amazon submission.
1 January 2022
DevelopersHow to make a YouTube-like website
What is actually involved in building a video destination of your own — upload, processing, playback, and the parts people forget to budget for.
Comparison10 questions to ask before choosing a video hosting platform
A neutral checklist — ten questions, the evidence that settles each one, and a weighted scorecard to run before you migrate.
PerformanceVideo, bounce rate and conversion: how to measure it
What GA4 bounce rate actually counts, the relevance, accessibility and page-weight risks, and a baseline-versus-variant test to settle the question on your own page.
1 January 2023
ComparisonHosting business video: when it fits, and how it works
Choose dedicated hosting for business video, connect it to the surrounding customer workflow, and verify the upload, project and embed path before you buy.
1 January 2023
PricingAffordable video hosting: how to work out the real cost
Estimate the storage and delivery your own library needs, see what gets metered separately, count the costs that never reach an invoice, and compare two hosting quotes on the same arithmetic.
1 January 2023
PricingPaid video hosting: when it is worth paying for, and what you get
See where dedicated hosting creates value, what the video layer supplies, how it connects to your business stack and the one-video test to run before you pay.
1 January 2023
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