Adaptive Bitrate Streaming

Adaptive Bitrate Streaming is a technique for streaming video over the Internet and to mobile devices and networks. Adaptive bitrate streaming measures the real-time bandwidth and decoding capacity of each streaming device and adapts encoded or transmitted video quality accordingly.

Adaptive bitrate streaming requires a video encoder that can encode a single stream at multiple or variable bitrates. A streaming client adapts or switches the encoded video quality depending on its available bandwidth and CPU capacity, to deliver optimized streaming quality for every fixed or mobile device and network.