Stronger Independence with Open Source Transcoding
Do you feel it is time to start considering how to be less dependent on one single provider of cloud and media services for your media solution but don’t know how or where to start?
In this article we give you a starting point by describing how to move the video transcoding service in your media solution to a service based on open source instead. With a service based on open source you can at a later step move this to your own infrastructure.
Open source as a service
The SVT Encore project is an open source scalable video transcoding tool built on FFmpeg. SVT Encore was created to scale and abstract the transcoding power of FFmpeg and offer a simple solution for transcoding. All components are open source and there is nothing preventing you from hosting it in your own private or public cloud infrastructure.
To reduce the barrier to move to a media solution based on SVT Encore and open source in general we developed Eyevinn Open Source Cloud. A service where open source projects are made available as a service, an open web service, and SVT Encore is one of those.
This makes it possible for you to start shifting your transcoding workloads over to open source video transcoding without having to build up a self-hosting infrastructure for it first.
Feasibility study with open web service
Start with a practical feasibility study in the form of a proof-of-concept by taking a part of the transcoding workloads your current web service handles and place it on the SVT Encore open web service. You can run this as a parallel process without affecting your current setup or workflows. This gives you the opportunity to validate, identify gaps and estimate the effort to make the move without having to invest time and money in building up your own infrastructure first.
By now you should have the necessary information to scope and initiate a transition project.
The implementation project can use the same approach by off-loading some of the workloads from your current web service and shift it over to open web services. Gradually make the move under the comfort that you can always fall back to current web service if you discover any problems along the way. Also, you have not had to make any large up-front infrastructure investments before you know that everything will work.
Move from open web service to self-hosted infrastructure
When you are comfortable that the open source based solution works you can start the project to build up your own infrastructure for this. As the open web service is open source and not bound to either Eyevinn Open Source Cloud or its underlying infrastructure you can run the very same software in your infrastructure. What provider of cloud (or on-prem) infrastructure you choose is fully up to you.
No larger modifications to the open web service based solution would be necessary as it is the very same software running.
Stronger independence
Now you are in a stronger position as the video transcoding part of your media solution is not bound to one single vendor. To further strengthen your independent position, you can take on the next component of your solution where there might exist an open source equivalence and use the same approach.
About us
Eyevinn Technology helps companies in the TV, media, and entertainment sectors optimize costs and boost profitability through enhanced media solutions.
Eyevinn Open Source Cloud enables you to build solutions and applications based on Open Web Services and avoid being locked in with a single web service vendor. Our open-source solutions offer full flexibility with a revenue share model that supports the creators.
