Video Tech Community

Our priority is to be present and strengthen the community of which we are part of, that is why we believe in contributing, sharing knowledge, and collaborating.

This section will keep you informed about upcoming events, meetups, and talks.

Upcoming Events

Meetups

Organizers & Host

About Summer Camp

A MonteVIDEO Tech's annual event, bringing the video tech community together to collaborate on innovative projects and share our culture!
It starts with Summer Projects, where developers work remotely on open-source initiatives, followed by Summer Week in Montevideo, featuring talks, roundtables, and networking with industry leaders.
Summer Camp is more than just an event, it's where the video tech community truly comes together! It’s a place to connect, collaborate, and create lasting impact, driven by a shared passion for innovation and open-source.

Will Law

Chief Architect, Cloud Technology Group at Akamai

"Congrats to Qualabs for emerging as CMCD experts and core contributors. Your commitment to the open-source community, especially through your Summer Camps, is commendable and appreciated globally. By bringing ideas to life, you’ve improved QoE for end-users, effectively translating engineering concepts into smiles on people's faces. Well done Qualabs!"

Previous Talks

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  • CMCD
  • Summer Camp
  • Demuxed
  • MateTalk Meetup
  • MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup

august 29 2024

MonteVIDEO Mate Talk Meetup 🧉| "The Olympics and High Quality Streaming"

This time, in our Mate Talk🧉 we’re grabbing the event of the moment: The 2024 Paris Olympics! 🗼🏅 We could chat about swimming in the Seine, the new sports like Skateboarding, Climbing, Surfing, or Break Dancing, and of course, the celebs at the opening ceremony. But hey, we’re video geeks, so let’s dive into what matters High-Quality Streaming. 🎥📺

june 20 2024

MonteVIDEO Mate Talk Meetup 🧉 | "Is there any room for innovation"

📺 Ad Innovations: Explore dynamic ad placements and real-time customization. 📡 5G in Production: Discover how private 5G is transforming production studios. 🔍 Content Authenticity: Learn the importance of verifying content origin with C2PA. 🔎 Discovering Content: Strategies to enhance content discoverability. 💳 Flexible Payments: Discussing microtransactions versus traditional subscriptions. 👁️ Viewer Engagement: Tactics to keep engagement high in an era of short attention spans.

may 9 2024

Highlights of Nab Show 2024

🔍 The event's strategic organization enhanced networking among streaming companies. 🌐 Key trends focused on fiscal responsibility and innovative solutions. 📈 Exhibition space management and discovering new technologies were also highlighted.

march 7 2024

Summer Project 2024 | DEMO CMAF HAM - Nicolas Levy & Team Summer Project

We've wrapped up our summer camp and now we're thrilled to present a DEMO of this year's open-source projects to you! This year, we've made significant contributions to two major projects within the community: Common Multimedia Library & CMAF HAM. In this release, you'll catch the second part of the DEMO, highlighting the progress we've made on the CMAF HAM project.

march 7 2024

Summer Project 2024 | DEMO Common Media Library - Nicolas Levy & Team Summer Project

We have finished the summer camp and now we're excited to share a DEMO of this year's open-source projects with you! This year, we have contributed to 2 key projects within the community: Common Multimedia Library & CMAF HAM. In this drop, you will see the 1st part of the DEMO, in which we will showcase the achievements of the Common Media Library project.

february 28 2024

MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup - Summer Camp 2024 Special Edition - Carlos Salazar (AWS) and Phil Moss (Dolby)

Hello community! 👋 Get ready for the first MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup of the year! This edition is a preview of our MonteVIDEO Summer Week

january 19 2024

Summer Project: CMAF HAM Scope definition meeting - Nicolas Levy

Discover the future of streaming in our first 'CMAF HAM Scope Definition' meeting. We delve into the interoperability between DASH and HLS, discussing innovations and strategies for an open library. From technical challenges to exciting collaborations, this video is essential for streaming enthusiasts and professionals. Don't miss it! 🚀

march 1 2024

Summer Camp Projects 2024: Common Media Library and CMAF HAM - Nicolas Levy

In our latest edition of the MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup, we asked you to decide together which project you would be interested in joining for the Summer 2024 Project. We are pleased to reveal the selected projects!

august 19 2021

MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup - August 2021 - Osmar Bento da Silva Junior, AWS Media and Entertainment Specialist | Nicolás Levy, Director of Engineering at Qualabs

Osmar Bento da Silva Junior, AWS Media and Entertainment Specialist, will be presenting "Deploying complex video workloads with AWS Amplify Video" Nicolás Levy, Director of Engineering at Qualabs, will be showing how to build a client-side anti-piracy solution in a week.

july 13 2022

MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup - July 2022 - Ryan Jespersen, Director Dolby | Adrian Britton Solution Director APAC Bitmovin

Our event will feature two speakers presenting on cutting-edge topics. Adrian Britton from Bitmovin will discuss AV1's evolution, while Ryan Jespersen from Dolby will explore 3D Game Engines, Real-time Video, and Spatial Audio. Join us for an immersive experience!

november 7 2023

MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup - Sep. 2023 - Victoria Tuzova and Vitaly Suturikhin from Elecard | Javi B from BCN Video Tech

We have a new edition of MonteVIDEO Tech Meetup, and you don't want to miss it!

november 7 2023

IBC Preview - Exploring the latest trends and innovations - Francois Guilleautot - Cloud Solution Director, Ateme | Olga Kornienko - COO / Co-Founder, EZDRM | Andy Beach - CTO for Media & Entertainment, Microsoft | Juan Pablo Saibene - CEO, Qualabs

Get ready for an engaging mate talk as our industry leaders and innovators delve into the latest trends and innovations that will be showcased at #IBC 2023.

july 13 2023

Unraveling Video Players CMCD Implementation in one month - Nicolas Gonzalez

Pay close attention to the end of Nico's talk as he reveals an incredible spoiler alert 🚨 We're getting closer to the launch of our highly anticipated SVTA Course - #CMCD and #DataAnalysis101. Plus, we're introducing our amazing #CMCDAnalyzer.

january 26 2023

Summer Camp 2023 - Coding experience, collaborative projects for the video community

Nico Levy inspires the community and tells about the 2 experiences that were created for this Summer Camp 2023 edition. Where video developers can take collaborative work to the next level.

february 9 2023

Summer Camp Project 2023 - Kick off CMCD

What are we building? A CMCD validator! 💚 Why? - Support developers in CMCD adoption - Build a tool everyone can use ⚙️ - Enable more people to contribute to the CMCD standard 🙌🏼 For whom? The whole community to use! 😍 Our goal with this initiative is to contribute to the video community by empowering collaboration between video devs and facilitating a learning experience!

february 23 2023

Meetup Special Edition - Closing our Summer Camp

How the #MontevideoSummerCamp experience was from the perspective of those who lived it. We've put together something a little bit different from what you are used to.. Instead of the typical "master talks" we'll have 2 round tables. 😏 One will be focused on our Coding Experience 👨‍💻 to share how was the process of putting together two #opensource Summer Projects: a #webrtc conferencing tool and a #cmcd validator, and show us the progress through a demo.

may 25 2023

MonteVIDEO Tech Mate Talk: Key takeaways on MHV, Segments & SME - Alex Giladi, Igor Oreper, Jason Thibeault & Victoria Tuzova

This month we're enjoying amazing events of great relevance for our industry: MHV in Denver, Segments in New Orleans and SME in Boston, and we want to share with you the key takeaways from each of them. We invite you to participate in our first Official Mate Talk to discuss among colleagues the main talks and trends we saw!

january 6 2023

How we "ScaleUP" the next generation of us - Nicolas Levy, Emil Santurio

In the last 12 months at Qualabs, we had to train 50 new video engineers, challenging us to systematize the way of training newcomers. To face this challenge we created "ScaleUp", a team designed to ramp-up technical video knowledge and teamwork using the methodology of "learning by doing"!

december 25 2021

A Pirate's Tale: Building a client- side anti-piracy solution in a week - Nicolas Levy

This talk tells the story of how we built and run a pilot of an end to end anti-piracy system in a week.
We will cover the challenges we faced, the strategies we used, and the architecture of the solution we built using AWS, VideoJS and Common Encryption.

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What our community said

Barry Owen

Chief Solutions Architect at Wowza

"The Montevideo Video Tech Summer Camp was a wonderful mix of discussions on the video industry and cultural experiences. We solved problems, shared ideas, and made lifelong friendships. It's a truly unique event, offering opportunities to learn from the Qualabs team and other attendees. You'll learn new things, make new friends, and experience great culture firsthand. And don't forget to try a Chivito; it'll change your life."

Casey Occhialini

Principal Software Engineer at Paramount

"I wouldn’t change anything about Summer Camp, except that I left too early! While I so much enjoyed all the experiences I participated in, my favorite part was the events and interactions at the Qualabs offices. Bringing the idea of the Common Media Library to life this year has been an incredible journey filled with pride and accomplishment. Meeting face-to-face with the developers contributing to my project and interacting with such a strong developer community halfway around the world was invaluable. The mix of activities, talks, and working sessions was truly unique, and everyone I met was kind and welcoming. I whole heartedly recommend this event to anyone in the video tech industry! The Summer Camp added tremendous value to the community, and I am grateful for everyone's contributions."

Bhavesh Upadhyaya

Subject Matter Expert in QOE, CDN, and Live Operations at SVTA

"What we experienced went beyond expectations. Not only was it fun to be part of tech meetups, speak to university students, and learn about other common media library-type projects, but we also got an in-depth tour of Uruguay and its culture. We enjoyed ourselves, mind, body, and soul. I'd love to recommend you guys joining the next summer camp and experiencing their hospitality and intellectual enthusiasm."

Marco Vidonis

Software Engineer at Nimble Ape

"The motto for the event was 'Connect through the power of collaboration', and I think it captures perfectly the essence of the whole experience. We started working together on an ambitious project, got to know each other in person and made friends sharing a mate. We believe that open source projects greatly benefit from a close-knit, friendly community. Events like this are what create and cement these communities, and we're very proud to have been part of this from the start."

Gabriel Dávila Revelo

Media and Video Architect at Bitmovin

"The experience at the Summer Camp was inspiring and enriching. I worked on Open Source projects and was part of an active community. Starting a project from scratch and living different experiences at Qualabs was amazing. The hospitality was impeccable and exceeded my expectations. I totally recommend the Summer Camp to network and grow professionally without losing sight of community development and video."