Jaya Vardhan

Live Video in Surveillance: Why RTSP Cameras Still Can’t Talk to Web Browsers in 2026

Every IP camera speaks RTSP; no browser does. This piece walks the whole story — codecs, RTSP, the browser gap, and the RTSP-to-WebRTC bridge that finally gets live cameras into a tab — plus the H.265 transcode trap that separates a one-camera demo from a 200-camera deployment.

Open-Source Video Infrastructure

Build, Buy, or Embed: The Technical Decision Guide for Video Infrastructure

Every real-time video product runs the same six components — build, buy, and embed only change who operates each. This technical guide walks the stack, maps each path to the layers you own versus inherit, and covers the portability question that decides how hard it is to leave.

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White-Label Video Infrastructure: Build, Buy, or Embed — A Decision Guide

The cheapest way to launch video is often the most expensive way to run it. This guide compares building on open source, buying a cloud API, and embedding white-label infrastructure across speed, unit economics, control, and OEM rights — so you pick the path you won’t have to rip out.

video recording architecture

Video Recording Architecture: What Runs Behind the Pipeline at Scale

An SFU forwards video without decoding it; a recorder can’t. This deep dive walks the recording pipeline — composited vs raw RTP capture, scaling the recorder tier, storage tiering and egress, and how tamper-evidence, WORM, and residency get built into the pipeline rather than bolted on.

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Video Recording at Scale: Architecture, Storage, and the Compliance Trap

Recording looks like a checkbox but behaves like three separate systems. It covers why recording breaks before live streaming, the storage-and-egress math nobody runs, and the compliance trap — retention, chain of custody, residency — that decides if your archive is an asset or liability.

enterprise video solutions

Enterprise Video Architecture: What Runs Behind Each Tier When You Move Beyond Zoom

"Beyond Zoom" is really three enterprise video architectures — meeting tools, cloud video APIs, and self-hosted infrastructure. This technical companion walks each: what runs under the hood, where your media flows, and what you own at every layer.

enterprise video solutions

Beyond Zoom: What Businesses Actually Need When They Outgrow Consumer Video Calling

Everyone Googles “Zoom alternative for enterprise” — but that’s the wrong question. This piece breaks enterprise video calling into three tiers, the five things you actually need when you outgrow Zoom, and the real per-minute cost math, so you can name the tier and let the shortlist write itself.

fleet video

How Fleet Video Streaming Actually Works — The Architecture Between Vehicle and Command Centre

Cameras speak RTSP; browsers speak WebRTC. This deep dive walks the fleet video streaming architecture packet by packet — the RTSP-to-WebRTC bridge, the SFU that fans one feed out to many viewers, the latency budget, and the offline-recovery problem no SFU solves alone.

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Why Edge AI Alone Can’t Solve Fleet Video — And What the Cloud Layer Needs to Do

Modern dashcams run AI on the edge — but they can’t stream live to a command centre. This piece breaks down what edge does well, the three things it physically can’t do, and the fleet video infrastructure layer that fills the gap.

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Per-Minute Video Pricing at Scale: What Enterprise Teams Actually Pay

Per-minute video pricing powers most video APIs. At enterprise scale — 500 concurrent users — it costs $25,000+/month. This article breaks down real math from Agora, ZegoCloud, and Dyte, what building your own costs, and what alternative pricing models exist.

Open-Source Video Infrastructure

Open-Source Video Infrastructure for Enterprise: Why Companies Outgrow Jitsi, LiveKit, and Self-Hosted WebRTC

Open-source video infrastructure like Jitsi and LiveKit is a smart starting point. At 250 concurrent sessions, it costs $90,000–$144,000/year to maintain. Real costs, scaling limits, missing features, and what the migration path looks like for enterprises.

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