Your Guide To Setting Up A Video Streaming Server
As of January 2018, 85% of U.S. internet users watch online video . As time goes by, more and more of your users will expect your website to provide streaming video alongside text content. You can host your video on sites like YouTube and Vimeo, but you’ll be at their mercy. They’ll show ads alongside your videos that could be from your competitors, you have no control over the other “related” videos they show besides yours, and they could take your video down with no warning. Plus, you can’t have an actual video streaming business without your own servers dedicated to streaming video. Running your own video streaming server gives you complete control over your content so your visitors will experience it the way you want. Let’s look at how to set up your own streaming server. What You Need for a Streaming Server A streaming server delivers video content to your site’s visitors by sending a continuous “stream” of information. This is...