Wowza Cloud Video Alternative

Comparing MediaCP Cloud Video and Wowza Video: Features and Cost at Scale When it comes to choosing a video streaming platform, both MediaCP Cloud Video and Wowza Video offer robust solutions. However, they differ significantly in terms of features and pricing, especially at larger scales. Let’s dive into a detailed comparison to help you make […]
Da Cast Alternative

Why MediaCP Cloud is a Great Alternative to DACAST When it comes to choosing a video hosting platform, both MediaCP Cloud and DACAST offer robust solutions. However, MediaCP Cloud stands out as a more affordable and feature-rich option, especially for users with large video collections or high bandwidth utilization. Here’s why: Cost-Effectiveness One of the […]
Vimeo Alternative

Why MediaCP Cloud is a Great Alternative to Vimeo When it comes to choosing a video hosting platform, both MediaCP Cloud and Vimeo offer robust solutions. However, MediaCP Cloud stands out as a more affordable option for users with large video collections or high bandwidth utilization. Here’s why: Cost-Effectiveness One of the most significant advantages […]
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Operating System

For many of our customers it is time to upgrade their servers operating system. Debian 10 and CentOS 7 have recently hit EOL and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will soon follow. And support for new releases with such as Debian 12, Ubuntu 24.04, CentOS Stream 9 is now available. What is EOL? End of Life (EOL) […]
Moving to Ubuntu LTS 24.04

With our latest releases 2.13.13 and 2.14.4 official support for Ubuntu LTS 24.04 has been added. For customers wanting to move to this version of Ubuntu we have a set of instructions here to assist you. Please note support for Ubuntu 24.04 is currently only available on our latest releases versions 2.13.13 & 2.14.4 Upgrading […]
Automatic Encoding on Cloud Video

What is Automatic Encoding? The Automatic Encoding feature will encode customers uploaded media content and recordings to allow for consistent playback. The encoding is configurable to various quality presets but will default to 30 fps and 48 kHz audio, as such our standard recommendation is 48 kHz audio and 30 fps for all encoders as […]
User Roles on Cloud Video

What are User Roles? Customers on Business plans or higher have access to the User Roles feature allowing administrators to define how their customers can use their video platform. Administrators can set the permissions in any combination to limit or allow features for customers with the role. This can be used for anything from stopping […]
Live Events on Cloud Video

What are Live Events? Live Events are a new feature available to our Premium and Business customers. Live Events have been designed to enhance the live streaming experience for both broadcasters and viewers. Utilizing this feature, broadcasters can easily set up one-time or recurring live events that can automatically start, stop, and record channel(s) at […]
How to Setup CentOS 7 Vault Repositories

CentOS 7 does not meet our System Requirements as it has reached EOL After CentOS 7 reached EOL last month we have seen many CentOS 7 repositories be shutdown including the official repositories and datacentre repositories. This has left those still running CentOS 7 with yum (CentOS 7 Package Manager) non-functional. Though we suggest all […]
WiseCP Billing Integration now available

We are happy to announce a new billing integration module with WiseCP is now available. WISECP is next generation hosting and digital solutions automation. It includes a client area, admin area and a website interface. Integration with MediaCP adds a billing and automation component for the primary purpose of selling audio and video streaming services. […]