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What Is a Web3 Streaming Platform? How Web3 Streaming Works

A web3 streaming platform delivers video through independent nodes and settles payments on a blockchain. How it differs from a CDN, and how AIOZ Stream does it.

aioz-streamguide
9 min readOctober 02, 2026
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WCAG Video Requirements for Streaming and Video Platforms

WCAG video requirements: captions, audio description or a text alternative, and a keyboard-operable player. The 5 Level A and AA criteria, and what to check.

aioz-streamguide
7 min readSeptember 29, 2026
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Import an M3U8 HLS Video to AIOZ Stream Without Re-Encoding

Import an existing HLS video into AIOZ Stream from its M3U8 master playlist URL. Every rendition is copied byte for byte, so nothing is re-encoded or changed.

aioz-streamguide
5 min readSeptember 25, 2026
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Video SEO: How to Get Video Content Indexed by Google

Google indexes video content through VideoObject structured data, not by watching it. Map AIOZ Stream's API fields to the schema properties Google requires.

aioz-streamguide
8 min readSeptember 24, 2026
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What Does SDH Mean in Subtitles? SDH vs Closed Captions

SDH subtitles add speaker names, sound effects and music cues to dialogue. See how SDH differs from closed captions and plain subtitles, and how to write it.

aioz-streamguide
6 min readSeptember 23, 2026
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Stream Health Metrics: Rebuffering Ratio and Startup Time

Rebuffering ratio is the share of watch time spent stalled; startup time is the wait for the first frame. Aim for under 1% rebuffering and a start within 2s.

aioz-streamguide
6 min readSeptember 22, 2026
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WebRTC Mesh vs SFU vs MCU: Video Call Topologies Compared

WebRTC mesh vs SFU vs MCU: mesh links every caller directly and breaks past 4 people, an SFU forwards streams, an MCU mixes them. Costs and when to use each.

aioz-streamguide
6 min readSeptember 20, 2026
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What Is a CDN Edge Node? How Edge Caching Works for Video

A CDN edge node caches video near your viewers so requests skip the origin. See how a video CDN, origin shielding, P2P CDNs and AIOZ DePIN delivery work.

aioz-streamguide
9 min readSeptember 19, 2026
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Video Container Formats Explained: MP4 vs MOV vs WebM vs MKV

MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV are video containers, not codecs. MP4 descends from MOV, WebM is a restricted MKV, and streaming players get none of them directly.

aioz-streamguide
6 min readSeptember 18, 2026
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What Is AV1 and Should You Use It for Video Streaming?

AV1 is a royalty-free codec that beats H.264 on compression. Netflix streams about 30% of its video in AV1, but encoding costs more and AIOZ Stream lacks it.

aioz-streamguide
7 min readSeptember 17, 2026
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Widevine vs FairPlay vs PlayReady: DRM Explained for Video

Widevine covers Chrome and Android, FairPlay covers Apple devices, and PlayReady covers Windows and Xbox. How their licenses, security tiers and cbcs differ.

aioz-streamguide
19 min readSeptember 16, 2026
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Video Analytics Dashboard for Watch Time and Retention

Build a video analytics dashboard on three AIOZ Stream endpoints: aggregated, breakdown and timeseries. Watch time works on all three; retention needs two.

aioz-streamguide
6 min readSeptember 14, 2026