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Burst 4K encoding on Azure Kubernetes Service
Burst encoding in the cloud with Azure and Media Excel HERO platform.Content creation has never been as in demand as it is today. Both professional and user-generated content has increased exponentially over the past years. This puts a lot of stress on media encoding and transcoding platforms. Add the upcoming 4K and even 8K to the mix...offers support to a hybrid scenario for your computing needs and Azure ARC helps you to manage hybrid setups.Finding a solutionGenerally, 4K/UHD live encoding is done on dedicated hardware encoder units, which cannot be hosted in a public...cloud like Azure. With such dedicated hardware units hosted on-premise that need to push 4K into the Azure data center the immediate problem we face is a need for high bandwidth networ...