On CMAF: Can deploying a third streaming format reduce costs?

September 10, 2019 By Yuriy Reznik | TechTalk

Back in May, I had the opportunity to speak at the SF Video Forum about common media application format (CMAF)—a new type of file format that can unify HLS and DASH at a media container format level. While there are now well-defined conformance tests, reference implementations, and content specifications needed to enable mass deployment of CMAF, such mass deployment can't practically happen over night.

During my talk, I proposed a mathematical model to quantify the impact of deploying CMAF on delivery costs—depending on varying initial conditions—and identified specific regions in which deploying CMAF is beginning to make economic sense.

Interested in seeing my entire presentation? Watch the video below. And, if you're in the San Francisco area, be sure to join the SF Video Technology group.

About the author

Yuriy Reznik

Yuriy Reznik is Technology Fellow and Head of Research at Brightcove. His team is responsible for the design of Context Aware Encoding and other advanced technologies in Brightcove products. Previously, he worked at RealNetworks, InterDigital, and Qualcomm, and contributed to a number of well-known standards (ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, ITU-T H.265 / MPEG HEVC, MPEG DASH, etc.) as well as products in domains of Internet streaming and wireless multimedia. Prior to his industrial carrier, Yuriy has studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Kiev University (Kiev, Ukraine) as was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University (CA, USA). He has co-authored over 100 papers and co-invented over 70 granted US patents on topics related to his studies and work.