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Originally Posted by Fenris Wolf
I know this question has been asked many times over the years but I am going to ask anyway. In 2018 what is the benchmark for transcoding these days? If I wanted to reach the most amount of users across multiple delivery devices what are the must have's in terms of back-end and front-end servers/applications are needed for 2018 and beyond.
I would love to hear peoples opinions on the matter and hopefully some concrete solutions on this, ie server setup, content management systems, online solutions, and so on.
I am personally looking to see what I can do to transcode and manage and deliver my existing video archive (20K+ files of varying bitrates and resolutions) in the most efficient manner.
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Hi Fenris,
I don't have the time for a thorough response now.. but I recommend that this be a topic you discuss with our support manager when we have that call! Solutions can range the whole gamut from a VPS instance, entry dedicated, high spec dedicated or cloud instances. The decision on which is the best one varies based on multiple factors:
1) Size of batch to be encoded
2) Desired timeline
3) What work is "ongoing" or regular after getting over the hump on a large re-encoding of content
What is for certain is that you certainly don't want to do the encoding on your active web server as this will affect performance. If it's a small amount of regular encoding on a weekly basis and if crons could be set for overnight, it is then less likely to effect your surfer experience. With CMSes like MechBunny and ElevatedX it is easy to slave off your encoding work. There really isn't any ongoing management work involved when you have programmatic encoding, so clients with a moderate or high amount of encoding are typically just looking at a server rental without management and backups, which is pretty cost-effective.
Brad
Sincerely,
Brad