A one-page decision aid: rule out building playback, the signs you should build the interaction layer, the signs you should buy a commercial SDK, and the tracking and accessibility must-haves before you ship.
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The handbook · 7 volumes
Fora Soft Video Engineering Handbook
This decision aid separates what you should never build (playback) from the interaction layer you might, with tracking and accessibility must-haves. We wrote seven volumes covering the whole video stack; start with Volume 3 for players, subtitles and ABR, then Volume 4 for audio accessibility, with Volume 1 for encoding. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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