How do I migrate from AWS Elemental / MediaConvert / CloudFront?

Move the encoder, storage, CDN, and DRM into one API. Keep your AWS account for source files if you want; FastPix pulls from S3 directly. Sclera did this and saw a 40% cost reduction. Full AWS migration path.

How do I migrate from DIY ffmpeg or a player I wrote?

The build that made sense at 100 hours per month does not at 10,000. Move the heavy parts (encoding, CDN, player) without giving up the working ones. Asset-by-asset re-upload is the standard path. DIY migration guide.

How do I monitor playback quality and debug buffering in production?

FastPix Video Data tracks startup time, rebuffer ratio, error codes, and per-rendition quality on every session across 16 player surfaces with 56 dimensions per session. Drill from a flagged session to the exact error in one click.

How do I convert video to multiple formats for my app?

You do not. FastPix emits CMAF renditions tuned per-title, plus AV1 and HEVC where the player supports them. The right format ships to the right device automatically.

How do I automate thumbnail and GIF generation for my videos?

FastPix generates thumbnails, sprite sheets, and animated GIFs on every asset at predictable URLs. Pull by timecode, dimension, or aspect ratio.

How do I embed video in a mobile app?

Native SDKs for iOS, Android, Flutter, and React Native. Pass the playback ID, get HLS playback with ABR, captions, and DRM. No bespoke decoder code.

How do I ingest source files from S3 or a CMS without re-uploading?

FastPix accepts a URL in the input field and pulls directly from S3, GCS, Azure Blob, or any public URL. No round-trip through your servers.

How do I record a live stream and keep it as on-demand?

FastPix Live writes the stream to a VOD asset automatically when the broadcast ends. Same playback ID model, same player, same analytics.

How do I reduce video streaming costs for a mobile app?

Per-title encoding, AV1 where supported, multi-CDN routing. The 35% compression improvement compounds with the egress savings from FastPix's CDN strategy.

What is a VOD API technically?

A VOD API accepts video files, runs them through an encoding ladder, stores them, delivers them over a CDN, and returns playback URLs. FastPix's VOD API does the full path in a single POST. The same API exposes signed URLs, DRM, per-title encoding, and analytics.

How long does it take to encode a video for streaming?

On FastPix, a 10-minute 1080p source returns a ready playback URL in 35 to 90 seconds, depending on how complex the source is. Per-title encoding profiles the source first then picks a rendition ladder, which is slower than fixed profiles but cuts delivered bandwidth by 20 to 40%.

What is a video on demand API?

A video on demand API accepts video files, runs them through an encoding ladder, hosts them, delivers them over a CDN, and returns playback URLs. FastPix does the full path in a single POST, and exposes captions, DRM, per-title encoding, search, and analytics on the same API.

How do I upload large video files with an API?

Use resumable, chunked upload. FastPix accepts direct upload from the browser or native SDKs, or pulls the file straight from S3, GCS, Azure, or any URL. A dropped connection resumes where it left off, so large and long-form files upload reliably.

How do I add subtitles and captions to a video?

FastPix auto-generates captions on every asset, in multiple languages, output as WebVTT or SRT with editable cue points. You can also export the full transcript or make it searchable. No separate captioning tool to wire up.

How do I embed a video player in my app?

Store the playback ID and render the FastPix Player React component, or point any HLS player at the playback URL. Adaptive bitrate, captions, and DRM come with the stream across web, iOS, Android, and TV.

How do I compress video for streaming without losing quality?

Per-title encoding profiles each source and picks the bitrate ladder that fits it, cutting delivered bytes by up to 35% at matched quality. AV1 and HEVC compress further where the player supports them.

How do I add video search to my app?

In-Video AI indexes every asset, so a natural-language query returns the exact moment with a timestamp. It runs inline with encoding, so search is ready when the video is.

Video on demand

Video on demand API for developers

Upload, encode, host, and stream video across web, mobile, and any platform, from one video on demand API. Per-title encoding, multi-CDN delivery, captions, DRM, a player, and analytics, all built in.

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1# Create a VOD asset by pulling from a source URL.
2# POST /on-demand  —  auth is Basic (tokenId as user, tokenSecret as password).
3# Returns an asset with a playbackId you can embed once encoding is ready.
4curl -X POST https://api.fastpix.com/v1/on-demand \
5  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
6  -u "<username>:<password>" \
7  -d '{
8  "inputs": [
9    {
10      "type": "video",
11      "url": "https://static.fastpix.com/fp-sample-video.mp4"
12    }
13  ],
14  "accessPolicy": "public",
15  "metadata": {
16    "key1": "value1"
17  },
18  "maxResolution": "1080p",
19  "mediaQuality": "standard"
20}'

3 calls from upload to playback ~50ms to 96% of viewers worldwide 35% better compression

AaoNxt streams premium microdrama on it. Rocketlane built RLTV on it. Sclera moved off DIY-on-AWS and cut cost 40%.

TRUSTED BY PRODUCT TEAMS SHIPPING VIDEO AT SCALE

Video on demand benefits

One API for video hosting, encoding, delivery, and AI

Instant playback with just-in-time encoding

Playback starts before the full encode finishes. A 30-second clip or a two-hour premiere, the first viewer is watching in seconds.

Time to first frame

Encoder, storage, CDN, DRM, and player on one bill

The whole stack consolidates into one API and one invoice. When something breaks at 2am, you call one company.

AI and analytics on every video, from one API

In-Video AI turns every upload into searchable, chaptered, transcribed video, so viewers jump straight to the moment they want. Video Data captures granular quality and engagement metrics you can export to build dashboards or train your own models.

Upload

Upload any video, from any source

Send video from anywhere. Resumable, chunked uploads survive a dropped connection, and you can push from the browser or pull straight from cloud storage. Large files and long-form both handled.

Resumable direct upload from browser, iOS, Android, Flutter
Pull from S3, GCS, Azure Blob, or any HTTPS URL
Built for large files and long-form video
Webhooks on upload, encode, and ready

1# Create a resumable, direct-to-storage upload URL.
2# POST /on-demand/upload  —  auth is Basic (tokenId as user, tokenSecret as password).
3# The response returns an "uploadUrl" your client PUTs the file to.
4curl -X POST https://api.fastpix.com/v1/on-demand/upload \
5     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
6     -u "<username>:<password>" \
7     -d '{
8  "corsOrigin": "*",
9  "pushMediaSettings": {
10    "accessPolicy": "public",
11    "metadata": {
12      "key1": "value1"
13    },
14    "maxResolution": "1080p",
15    "mediaQuality": "standard"
16  }
17}'

Encoding

Per-title encoding, tuned per video

Per-title encoding profiles each source and builds the bitrate ladder that fits it, so a talking head and a fast-cut trailer get different ladders. AV1, HEVC, and H.264 out, CMAF-packaged, ready in seconds.

Per-title adaptive bitrate ladder
AV1, HEVC, and H.264 output
Just-in-time CMAF packaging
Video transcoding tuned per asset

Encoding pipeline

EncodingPer-title ABR

CodecsAV1 · HEVC · H.264

PackagingCMAF

Time to readySeconds

Quality

Better quality at lower bandwidth

Same picture, smaller files. Per-title encoding cuts delivered bytes by up to 35% at matched quality, across Standard, Pro, and Premium quality tiers, up to 4K with HDR.

35% smaller files at the same quality
Standard, Pro, and Premium quality tiers
4K, HDR10, Dolby Vision, and HLG
Quality measured with VMAF

Delivery

Stream to any device, anywhere

Delivery runs across a multi-CDN mesh that routes each viewer to the fastest edge, with per-region failover if one CDN degrades. 300+ points of presence, roughly 50ms to the first byte for most viewers.

Multi-CDN mesh, no single-vendor lock-in
300+ global points of presence
~50ms first byte to 95% of viewers
Automatic per-region failover, HLS and DASH output

Playback

Embed the player, play everywhere

Embed playback with the FastPix Player React component, or hand the playback ID to any HLS player. Adaptive bitrate, captions, and DRM travel with the stream to web, iOS, Android, and TV.

Embed via React component or any HLS player
One playback ID, every device
Adaptive playback on web, iOS, Android, and TV
Captions and DRM on playback

Captions

Auto-generate captions and subtitles

Every asset can generate captions and subtitles automatically. Multi-language output in WebVTT and SRT, editable cue points, and a full transcript you can export or make searchable.

Auto-generated captions on every asset
Multi-language subtitles in WebVTT and SRT
Editable cue points
Searchable transcript export

In-video AI

Search, chapter, and summarize every video

In-Video AI runs inline with encoding. Ask a natural-language question and jump to the moment, or auto-generate chapters, summaries, entities, and moderation flags on every upload.

Conversational video search
Auto-chapters and summaries
Named-entity recognition
NSFW moderation and speaker diarization

1# Create an upload URL with In-Video AI enabled.
2# POST /on-demand/upload  —  auth is Basic (tokenId as user, tokenSecret as password).
3# "moderation" runs AI analysis (NSFW/moderation) inline with encoding.
4curl -X POST https://api.fastpix.com/v1/on-demand/upload \
5     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
6     -u "<username>:<password>" \
7     -d '{
8  "corsOrigin": "*",
9  "pushMediaSettings": {
10    "accessPolicy": "public",
11    "metadata": {
12      "key1": "value1"
13    },
14    "maxResolution": "1080p",
15    "mediaQuality": "standard"
16     "moderation": {
17          "type": "video"
18      }
19  }
20}'

Security

DRM, signed URLs, and access control

Protect premium content with studio-grade multi-DRM and signed playback URLs that expire on your schedule. Lock playback to your domains or a geography, and add a dynamic watermark.

Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady DRM
Signed playback URLs with configurable expiry
Domain and geo restriction
Dynamic watermarking

Security controls

DRMWidevine · FairPlay · PlayReady

Signed URLsConfigurable expiry

RestrictDomain · geo

WatermarkDynamic

How it works

From file to playback in three API calls

Upload the file

POST to /v1/on-demand with a source URL, or push the file directly with the resumable upload SDK.

Encode and package

FastPix runs per-title adaptive bitrate encoding and packages to CMAF, ready to stream in seconds.

Embed and play

Take the returned playback ID and render the FastPix Player React component, or point any HLS player at it.

Security, compliance, and partnerships

PartnerNVIDIA Inception

PartnerGoogle Cloud Partner

Customers

“What was great about the FastPix team is it felt like we were all working together. They felt like part of our team, not just vendors.”

Kaushik Das, Founder and CEO at AaoNXT

“What was cool was seeing it all come alive, all the workflows as per our vision and UX. To do that with our brand colors, reflective of our community.”

Sivaprakash S, UX lead for RLTV at Rocketlane

B2B SaaS customer onboarding

35%

Better compression at the same quality

AAO NXT on FastPix encoding

AWS media services replaced

Rocketlane on FastPix VOD

40%

Cost reduction migrating off DIY-on-AWS

Sclera customer story

6 weeks

From contract to launch with AI search

Knovo customer story

Capabilities that ship

Six key capabilities

Signed URLs and token authentication

Tokens expire on the schedule you set, so leaked links go cold.

Token auth guide

Token and domain-based playback control

Restrict playback to signed users via JWT and lock it to your own domains. Entitlement rules become a config change

Secure playback control

DRM with Widevine and FairPlay

Studio-grade content protection on every asset. No separate license server to operate.

Piracy prevention

Content-adaptive per-title encoding

35% better compression at the same quality across H.264, HEVC, AV1.

Per-title encoding explained

Webhooks on every asset event

Trigger downstream workflows on upload, encode-complete, first-play, or error. No polling.

Automation guide

Multi-CDN delivery

Route VOD traffic across multiple CDNs with automatic failover, improving performance, reliability, and uptime.

Read

Verified performance, VOD

3.1x

Faster upload than any other vendors

177.2 MB on 4G

1.8x

Faster time-to-ready than any other vendors

177.2 MB on 4G

35%

Better compression at the same quality

H.264, HEVC, AV1

Overall benchmark score

86/100 on 177.2 MB 4G test

Tech specs

What FastPix VOD handles.

Curated capability catalog for the most-asked formats, codecs, and integrations. See the features for everything.

Input formats

MP4

MOV

MKV

AVI

MXF

DVCPRO

XDCAM

PRORES

MPEG-TS

WEBM

DRM

Widevine

FairPlay

PlayReady

AES-128

Output containers

CMAF

MP4

Input codecs

H.264 / AVC

H.265 / HEVC

AV1

VP9

Resolutions

SD (480p)

HD (720p)

Full HD (1080p)

4K (2160p)

Captions

WebVTT

SRT

HDR

HDR10

Dolby Vision

HLG

Ingest Support

Google Cloud

AWS S3

Azure Blob

Public URL

Direct upload

FTP / SFTP

Aspera

Where customers come from

Where most FastPix VOD customers come from.

FROM

AWS Elemental, MediaConvert, CloudFront

Move the encoder, storage, CDN, and DRM into one API. Keep your AWS account for source files if you want; FastPix pulls from S3.

AWS migration path

FROM

DIY ffmpeg on S3 plus a player you wrote

The build that made sense at 100 hours per month does not at 10,000. Move the heavy parts without giving up the working ones.

DIY migration

FROM

Vimeo

Bulk-import your existing library by URL. Keep playback live during the move, then cut over when you are ready.

Vimeo migration

Questions developers ask

VOD questions, answered

How do I migrate from AWS Elemental / MediaConvert / CloudFront?
Move the encoder, storage, CDN, and DRM into one API. Keep your AWS account for source files if you want; FastPix pulls from S3 directly. Sclera did this and saw a 40% cost reduction. Full AWS migration path.
How do I migrate from DIY ffmpeg or a player I wrote?
The build that made sense at 100 hours per month does not at 10,000. Move the heavy parts (encoding, CDN, player) without giving up the working ones. Asset-by-asset re-upload is the standard path. DIY migration guide.
How do I add video upload and playback to a Next.js app?
POST the source file to the FastPix Assets endpoint, store the playback ID, and render the FastPix Player React component. Two server routes and one component. See the Next.js guide.
How do I monitor playback quality and debug buffering in production?
FastPix Video Data tracks startup time, rebuffer ratio, error codes, and per-rendition quality on every session across 16 player surfaces with 56 dimensions per session. Drill from a flagged session to the exact error in one click.
How do I convert video to multiple formats for my app?
You do not. FastPix emits CMAF renditions tuned per-title, plus AV1 and HEVC where the player supports them. The right format ships to the right device automatically.
How do I automate thumbnail and GIF generation for my videos?
FastPix generates thumbnails, sprite sheets, and animated GIFs on every asset at predictable URLs. Pull by timecode, dimension, or aspect ratio.
How do I embed video in a mobile app?
Native SDKs for iOS, Android, Flutter, and React Native. Pass the playback ID, get HLS playback with ABR, captions, and DRM. No bespoke decoder code.
How do I ingest source files from S3 or a CMS without re-uploading?
FastPix accepts a URL in the input field and pulls directly from S3, GCS, Azure Blob, or any public URL. No round-trip through your servers.
How do I record a live stream and keep it as on-demand?
FastPix Live writes the stream to a VOD asset automatically when the broadcast ends. Same playback ID model, same player, same analytics.
How do I reduce video streaming costs for a mobile app?
Per-title encoding, AV1 where supported, multi-CDN routing. The 35% compression improvement compounds with the egress savings from FastPix's CDN strategy.
What is a VOD API technically?
A VOD API accepts video files, runs them through an encoding ladder, stores them, delivers them over a CDN, and returns playback URLs. FastPix's VOD API does the full path in a single POST. The same API exposes signed URLs, DRM, per-title encoding, and analytics.
How long does it take to encode a video for streaming?
On FastPix, a 10-minute 1080p source returns a ready playback URL in 35 to 90 seconds, depending on how complex the source is. Per-title encoding profiles the source first then picks a rendition ladder, which is slower than fixed profiles but cuts delivered bandwidth by 20 to 40%.
What is a video on demand API?
A video on demand API accepts video files, runs them through an encoding ladder, hosts them, delivers them over a CDN, and returns playback URLs. FastPix does the full path in a single POST, and exposes captions, DRM, per-title encoding, search, and analytics on the same API.
How do I upload large video files with an API?
Use resumable, chunked upload. FastPix accepts direct upload from the browser or native SDKs, or pulls the file straight from S3, GCS, Azure, or any URL. A dropped connection resumes where it left off, so large and long-form files upload reliably.
How do I add subtitles and captions to a video?
FastPix auto-generates captions on every asset, in multiple languages, output as WebVTT or SRT with editable cue points. You can also export the full transcript or make it searchable. No separate captioning tool to wire up.
How do I embed a video player in my app?
Store the playback ID and render the FastPix Player React component, or point any HLS player at the playback URL. Adaptive bitrate, captions, and DRM come with the stream across web, iOS, Android, and TV.
How do I compress video for streaming without losing quality?
Per-title encoding profiles each source and picks the bitrate ladder that fits it, cutting delivered bytes by up to 35% at matched quality. AV1 and HEVC compress further where the player supports them.
How do I add video search to my app?
In-Video AI indexes every asset, so a natural-language query returns the exact moment with a timestamp. It runs inline with encoding, so search is ready when the video is.

Pricing

Per minute encoded, delivered, and stored.

No platform fee, no per-seat charge, no separate invoice for each surface. See full pricing or run the calculator.

ENCODING

Pay per minute encoded

$0.0267/min 1080p Pro

Per-title ABR encoding across H.264

Up to 720p Pro$0.0213 / min

Up to 1080p Pro$0.0267 / min

1440p (2k) Pro$0.0427 / min

2160p (4k) Pro$0.0855 / min

STREAMING

Pay per minute streamed

$0.00067/min 1080p Pro

Multi-CDN delivery from 300+ POPs.

Up to 720p Pro$0.00054 / min

Up to 1080p Pro$0.00067 / min

1440p (2k) Pro$0.00108 / min

2160p (4k) Pro$0.00217 / min

STORAGE

Pay per minute stored

$0.00268/min 1080p Pro

Assets stored and CDN caching, lifecycle handled.

Up to 720p Pro$0.00215 / min

Up to 1080p Pro$0.00268 / min

1440p (2k) Pro$0.00430 / min

2160p (4k) Pro$0.00860 / min

Three ways to get unstuck

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

Engineering support

Talk to a video engineer.

Stuck on an API call, a webhook signature, or a player integration? Reach the engineering team directly. Response within hours, not days.

Contact engineering

Integration help

Docs, code samples, video tutorials.

Self-serve resources for the most common integrations. Quickstart guides, SDK examples, recorded walkthroughs on YouTube, and detailed playback logs in your dashboard.

Browse the docs

Solution architect

Plan the rollout with a human.

New integration, migration off another platform, or a complex multi-tenant build. Book a session with a FastPix solution architect or join the Slack community to compare notes with other teams.

Join the Slack community

Developer resources

Video on demand API for developers

One API for video hosting, encoding, delivery, and AI

Upload any video, from any source

Per-title encoding, tuned per video

Better quality at lower bandwidth

Stream to any device, anywhere

Embed the player, play everywhere

Auto-generate captions and subtitles

Search, chapter, and summarize every video

DRM, signed URLs, and access control

From file to playback in three API calls

Six key capabilities

Signed URLs and token authentication

Token and domain-based playback control

DRM with Widevine and FairPlay

Content-adaptive per-title encoding

Webhooks on every asset event

Multi-CDN delivery

What FastPix VOD handles.

Input formats

DRM

Output containers

Input codecs

Resolutions

Captions

HDR

Ingest Support

Where most FastPix VOD customers come from.

VOD questions, answered

How do I migrate from AWS Elemental / MediaConvert / CloudFront?

How do I migrate from DIY ffmpeg or a player I wrote?

How do I add video upload and playback to a Next.js app?

How do I monitor playback quality and debug buffering in production?

Per minute encoded, delivered, and stored.

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

Everything you need to start building.

Video on demand

Full API reference

Webhook reference

Code samples

Five-minute VOD quick-start

Changelog