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Fora Soft Video Engineering Handbook
This spreadsheet models build cost by scope and rate region, eleven monthly run lines and per-visit unit cost, with live formulas. Our seven-volume handbook explains the biggest lines: Volume 3 on the economics of real-time delivery, Volume 1 on encoding and storage, and Volume 7 on AI cost per stream-hour and serving. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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