Playbooks, comparisons, and engineering notes on shipping video — from the team building rehelios.https://rehelios.com/en-ushttps://rehelios.com/blog/add-video-to-nextjs/https://rehelios.com/blog/add-video-to-nextjs/A practical guide to nextjs video upload and adaptive playback in the App Router — Route Handlers, hls.js detection, and signed playback tokens.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidesnextjs video uploadadd video to nextjsnext.js app router videohls.js reactadaptive video streaminghttps://rehelios.com/blog/best-video-hosting-api-2026/https://rehelios.com/blog/best-video-hosting-api-2026/An honest guide to the best video hosting APIs in 2026 — Mux, Cloudflare, Bunny, api.video, Cloudinary, Vimeo, rehelios — by billing model and fit.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonsbest video hosting APIbest video API for developersvideo hosting API comparisontop video APIs 2026cheapest video hosting APIhttps://rehelios.com/blog/free-video-hosting-api/https://rehelios.com/blog/free-video-hosting-api/“Free video hosting API” means one of three things: a capped free tier, free encoding, or self-hosting. Each has a catch. Here's the honest breakdown.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCostfree video hosting APIfree video API for developersvideo streaming API freefree video encodingcheap video hosting APIhttps://rehelios.com/blog/generate-hls-from-mp4-ffmpeg/https://rehelios.com/blog/generate-hls-from-mp4-ffmpeg/The exact ffmpeg command for an adaptive HLS ladder from an mp4 — bitrate ladder, keyframe alignment, and the gotchas that break ABR switching.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringgenerate hls from mp4 ffmpegffmpeg hls adaptive bitrateffmpeg master playlisthls keyframe alignment ffmpegffmpeg var_stream_maphttps://rehelios.com/blog/hls-ios-safari-not-working/https://rehelios.com/blog/hls-ios-safari-not-working/iOS Safari plays HLS natively but breaks on hls.js, missing playsinline, wrong MIME type, or unmuted autoplay. A checklist of the usual causes and fixes.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringHLS not working iOS SafariHLS not playing iPhoneiOS Safari video playsinlinehls.js iOS Safarim3u8 not playing Safarihttps://rehelios.com/blog/hls-js-cors-error/https://rehelios.com/blog/hls-js-cors-error/hls.js fetches the manifest and every segment over fetch/XHR, so both need CORS headers. Here's why the error happens and the exact headers that fix it.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringhls.js CORS errorhls.js Access-Control-Allow-Originhls.js manifest load errorhls.js segment CORSfix hls.js cross originhttps://rehelios.com/blog/mcp-video-servers-compared/https://rehelios.com/blog/mcp-video-servers-compared/A map of MCP servers for video — Mux, Bunny, Cloudflare, VideoDB and rehelios — by what an AI agent can actually do: generate, edit, or host and deliver.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI agentsMCP server for videovideo MCP serverMux MCP alternativeAI agent video hostingvideo infrastructure for AI agentshttps://rehelios.com/blog/resumable-tus-upload/https://rehelios.com/blog/resumable-tus-upload/How the tus protocol makes large video uploads resume instead of restart after a dropped connection, with a client example and direct-to-storage flow.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringresumable upload tus protocoltus-js-clientchunked video uploaddirect-to-storage uploadHLS video uploadhttps://rehelios.com/blog/webhook-vs-polling-video-status/https://rehelios.com/blog/webhook-vs-polling-video-status/Why pushing a webhook on video.ready beats polling a status endpoint — cost, latency, and how to verify, ack, and stay idempotent.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringwebhook vs polling videovideo processing webhooksvideo.ready webhookHMAC webhook verificationidempotent webhook handlershttps://rehelios.com/blog/build-a-token-protected-course-video-player/https://rehelios.com/blog/build-a-token-protected-course-video-player/Import lectures per course, mint short-lived signed playback tokens for enrolled students, and see exactly what that protection does and doesn't stop.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidesprotect course videos from downloadtoken protected video playervideo for online coursesecure course videoLMS video hostinghttps://rehelios.com/blog/video-hosting-api-pricing-compared-by-model/https://rehelios.com/blog/video-hosting-api-pricing-compared-by-model/Video hosting APIs bill on different axes — per-minute vs per-GB. Compare the models, not the cents, to find the cheaper fit for your catalog.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonsvideo hosting API comparisoncheapest video hosting APIMux vs Cloudflare Stream vs Bunnyvideo streaming cost comparisonvideo API pricinghttps://rehelios.com/blog/agent-autonomy-vs-human-gated-video-mcp/https://rehelios.com/blog/agent-autonomy-vs-human-gated-video-mcp/Mux's MCP server human-gates destructive ops on purpose. rehelios's MCP runs full-autonomy per-GB. Here's when each is the right call.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI agentsMCP server for video hostingAI agent video pipelinevideo API for AI agentsautonomous video agentMux MCPhttps://rehelios.com/blog/add-video-to-your-saas-a-decision-guide/https://rehelios.com/blog/add-video-to-your-saas-a-decision-guide/How to add video to a SaaS product: billing model, encoding, signed playback, and webhooks vs polling, compared across self-host, Stream, Mux, Bunny, rehelios.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshow to add video to my SaaSvideo hosting API for SaaSadd video to web appvideo for SaaS productstore user uploaded videohttps://rehelios.com/blog/vimeo-alternative-for-developers/https://rehelios.com/blog/vimeo-alternative-for-developers/Most 'leaving Vimeo' guides target course creators. This one is for developers embedding Vimeo by API who want a real video-infra primitive instead.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTComparisonsVimeo alternativeVimeo alternative for developersVimeo API alternativeembed video without VimeoVimeo for developershttps://rehelios.com/blog/real-cost-of-self-hosting-video-vs-buying/https://rehelios.com/blog/real-cost-of-self-hosting-video-vs-buying/What an FFmpeg + S3 + CDN video pipeline actually costs: transcode compute, storage, dominant CDN egress, and the engineering hours nobody puts on the invoice.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCostself-host video streaming costvideo egress costffmpeg HLS at scalebuild vs buy videovideo transcoding pipeline costself hosted video streaminghttps://rehelios.com/blog/give-an-ai-agent-video-upload-and-hosting/https://rehelios.com/blog/give-an-ai-agent-video-upload-and-hosting/Wire the rehelios MCP server into an agent and one tool call turns a file or URL into a transcoded, CDN-hosted playbackUrl — no bolted-on storage.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI agentsMCP server videovideo API for AI agentslet AI agent upload videoagent video hostingMCP videohttps://rehelios.com/blog/where-does-your-sora-veo-output-live/https://rehelios.com/blog/where-does-your-sora-veo-output-live/Sora links expire in about an hour, Veo output is deleted after two days — here's how to host AI-generated video so the URL doesn't die.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI agentshost AI generated videoSora output hostingVeo video hostingwhere does Sora output goAI video storagehttps://rehelios.com/blog/cloudflare-stream-doesnt-bill-per-gb/https://rehelios.com/blog/cloudflare-stream-doesnt-bill-per-gb/Cloudflare Stream bills per minute stored and delivered, not per GB. Here's why there's no clean per-GB number, and how to translate one into the other.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCostCloudflare Stream cost per GBCloudflare Stream pricingCloudflare Stream per minutevideo hosting per GBCloudflare Stream vs Bunnyhttps://rehelios.com/blog/why-mux-charges-to-encode-every-minute/https://rehelios.com/blog/why-mux-charges-to-encode-every-minute/How Mux's per-minute encoding fee compounds as your catalog grows, and why rehelios encodes for free and bills only per GB instead.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCostMux pricing explainedMux encoding costMux alternativevideo encoding costfree video encodinghttps://rehelios.com/blog/how-signed-playback-tokens-work-hls-dash/https://rehelios.com/blog/how-signed-playback-tokens-work-hls-dash/Signing the manifest URL alone doesn't protect HLS or DASH — the segments underneath stay open. Here's how to actually secure a stream.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringsigned url video protectionHLS signed urlprotect video from downloadsigned playback tokensecure HLS streaminghttps://rehelios.com/blog/import-video-library-from-s3-without-re-uploading/https://rehelios.com/blog/import-video-library-from-s3-without-re-uploading/Move a video catalog already sitting in S3 into rehelios with one API call — no re-upload, no re-encode, fully reversible.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidesstream video from S3 bucket HLSimport S3 video without re-uploadS3 to HLSvideo migration without re-uploadserve HLS from an S3 buckethttps://rehelios.com/blog/learnbase-cut-cold-start-video-latency/https://rehelios.com/blog/learnbase-cut-cold-start-video-latency/How LearnBase moved its course catalog to rehelios — killing 1–2s cold-start spikes for LATAM learners with zero re-uploads or player changes.Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCustomer storyHLS cold start latencyvideo CDN origin latencyBunny Stream alternativevideo migration without re-uploadLATAM video delivery