Matrox Video Learning Resources
A collection of technology guides, webinars, and on-site training seminars provided by Matrox Video experts. Topics include multi-channel encoding, AV over IP, streaming protocols, and KVM solutions, offering in-depth knowledge for both beginners and professionals.
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- The Broadcast Knowledge — OTT Talks ArchiveArchive of recorded conference talks and webinars on OTT streaming and codec engineering topics.
- Computing and Using Video Quality Metrics (Streaming Learning Center)Course on VMAF and quality metrics for encoding professionals.
- Introduction to Streaming Media (Streaming Learning Center)Jan Ozer's foundational streaming media course covering encoding, delivery, and packaging basics.
- Streaming Media 101 (Streaming Learning Center)Jan Ozer's structured course on encoding/deploying H.264/HEVC/VP9/AV1 with FFmpeg/HandBrake labs.
- Encoding Bitrate Optimization Using Playback Statistics for HTTP-based Adaptive Video StreamingAcademic paper with industry framing on ABR bitrate ladder optimization using real playback statistics.
- A Hitchhiker's Guide to Structural SimilarityNetflix-affiliated deep-dive paper on SSIM quality metrics and their application to streaming QoE evaluation.
- Video Encoding to AV1 Guide (WIP)Long-running community-maintained guide to AV1 software encoding (libaom/aomenc) on the Level1Techs forum.
- Building Your Own Scalable Video Streaming Server (Part 1)Code-along tutorial series building a microservices-based video streaming server with FFmpeg HLS segmenting.
- Building Your First Video Pipeline: FFmpeg & MediaMTX Basics (Part 1)Technical tutorial walking through demux→decode→filter→encode→mux pipeline stages toward building a low-latency streaming setup with FFmpeg…
- Fora Soft: Video Streaming Deep-Dive GuideFree 9-chapter technical guide covering HLS, DASH, WebRTC, CMAF, CDN, and DRM fundamentals.
- Twitch/AMD/NGCodec FPGA VP9 Encoding Case StudyCase study on FPGA-accelerated VP9 encoding at Twitch, showing 25% bitrate savings and 30x performance over CPU encoding.
- Building Service Topology at Scale (Netflix Tech Blog)Real-time service dependency-mapping system for streaming microservices at scale, architecture and lessons learned.
- High Quality Video Encoding at Scale (Netflix Tech Blog)Deep-dive into Netflix's EC2-based elastic encode pipeline, per-title encoding, and automated quality scoring.
- VisualOn + Axinom Joint Whitepaper: Encoding Cost Optimization2025 joint technical whitepaper covering encoding cost optimization across DASH/HLS/CMAF and DRM (Widevine/PlayReady/FairPlay) tradeoffs.
- FFmpeg Encoding and Decoding APIs (DeepWiki technical reference)Generated technical reference explaining FFmpeg's encode/decode API internals, including send/receive decoupling and EAGAIN semantics.