// VIDEO INFRASTRUCTURE

Video that actually works.

Parchment is the API for online video. Encode, stream, cache, and analyze — at scale, in any format, in seventeen lines of code.

1.4B

Plays / month

31ms

p99 first-byte

5×9s

Uptime SLA

stream.ts

import { Parchment } from "@parchment/sdk"

const p = new Parchment({ key: process.env.PARCHMENT_KEY })

const asset = await p.video.create({
  input: "s3://uploads/launch.mov",
  playback_policy: "public",
  encoding_tier: "smart",
})

// → asset.playback_url ready in ~6s

// THE STACK

Three primitives that behave like a video team.

ENCODE

Smart per-title encoding

Bitrate-ladder optimization that drops egress by up to 38% with no quality loss.

DELIVER

Edge-routed playback

ABR streams served from 270+ POPs. Sub-200ms join time worldwide.

INSIGHT

Real-user analytics

QoS metrics for every play. Filter by device, geo, asset, or experiment.