Migrate from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS End of Life
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is approaching end-of-life in April 2025, after this date new installations on Ubuntu 20.04 will be blocked but will continue allowing upgrades. As of the 2.13.12 and 2.14.3 releases, official support for 24.04 is now available on all release branches. This is great timing for customers who need to move from Ubuntu […]
Why Icecast KH is our Recommended Server
In the world of audio streaming, choosing the right server is crucial for ensuring reliability, security, and flexibility. Icecast KH is our recommended server for audio streaming due to it being open source, supporting more features, and potential security risks. Security Recent events have highlighted the importance of security in streaming servers. The leak of […]
Optimizing Video for Roku Channels
Optimizing Your Content for Roku: A Comprehensive Guide As streaming continues to dominate the entertainment landscape, ensuring your content is optimized for platforms like Roku is crucial. Roku’s vast user base and diverse device ecosystem offer a significant opportunity for content creators to reach a wide audience. Here’s how you can optimize your content for […]
What is a CDN and Why is it Beneficial to Live Video Broadcasting?
In today’s digital age, delivering high-quality video content to a global audience is crucial. This is where a Content Delivery Network (CDN) comes into play. But what exactly is a CDN, and why is it so beneficial for live video broadcasting? What is a CDN? A CDN is a network of geographically distributed servers that […]
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 […]