Hello everyone!

WatchFighters is happy to announce the next generation of our video encoder, available now.

The new encoder offers improved video quality at smaller file sizes, making it ideal both for streaming and downloading. Using advanced codecs, your footage will look better than ever. Your buyers will get a better viewing experience, and able to download higher quality files using less bandwidth. Additionally, playing in "picture in picture" mode, where the video can be detached from the page, is now supported.

You don't need to change anything to take advantage of the new encoder. Upload your videos as usual, and we will take care of the rest. One thing to keep in mind is that the new encoder takes 5-10x longer to process videos. This is both because of the advanced algorithms, but also because we now encode more versions of each video to support a wider range of devices and connection speeds. In fact, the number of streams we encode per video has increased from 6 to 9. We still support playback qualities ranging from 240p to 4k, spread across three different video codecs.

So suffice it to say, our servers are doing a lot of heavy lifting (almost as hard as you do in the gym!)

To counteract the additional load, we are deploying more encoding servers with dedicated hardware and lots of computing power. This will allow us to keep up with demand and ensure that your videos are processed in a timely manner.

Poll: Do you want WatchFighters to support DRM?

Poll: Are you planning on shooting videos in 8K resolution?

The 8k revolution is not exactly taking the world by storm, but there are a few devices out there supporting this truly huge resolution. Do you have the equipment and are you planning on producing 8k content? 

As always: Stay fit, stay healthy, and train hard, because your muscles will look sharper than ever with the new encoder!

The WatchFighters Team