Video Streaming

• Speed – high transfer rates and low latency enables quick downloading or streaming of content globally.
• Reliability – content is backed up and secure on the servers we use via edge locations, so the end user is automatically routed to the closest location, guaranteeing speed and reliability.
• Integration – the system is easily integrated with the other services that Torpedo Factory Online offer, or can be used as a stand-alone content delivery network for streaming and/or downloading.

Content Delivery Networks

Torpedo Factory uses Amazon Cloudfront for its content delivery network. This is an efficient way to delivery video online globally at high speed and low latency.

The network is optimised to work with other Torpedo Factory services such as hosting, storage and webcasting, and content delivery is designed to work with any origin server, connecting seamlessly and at the highest speeds.

Streaming has several potential benefits for our clients and their end users; it provides more flexibility in playback as the user can pause, rewind, and fast-forward a media file to a specific point, without worrying about how much of the file has already been downloaded to the browser.

Flexible Configurations

We can also configure your streaming distributions to use dynamic bit-rate streaming. When enabled, this feature allows multiple copies of the same video to be stored, each encoded at different quality levels. Distribution will then automatically adjust the quality of your video based on the speed of the end user’s internet connection.

Streaming also can give more control over content, as no file remains on the end user’s computer when they finish watching a video. Additionally, streaming can save on costs, as it only delivers portions of a media file that the end users actually watch. In contrast, with traditional downloads, frequently the whole media file will be downloaded by the end users, even if they only watch a portion of the file.

Blended Video Distribution

Streaming distributions support the wide variety of file formats that can be played for compatibility with multiple operating system and hand held devices including: 

• iPhone, iPad & iPod
• Google Android handsets (HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung etc..)
• Nokia’s Symbian OS
• BlackBerry
• Windows Phone 7 (HTC etc...)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab

Among some of the the supported formats are FLV and MP4 media container file formats and the VP6 and H.264 video codecs.