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Sep 28, 2026
Why HLS still wins for video that has to just play
Adaptive bitrate is not a buzzword — it is the reason a viewer on hotel Wi-Fi and a viewer on fiber both reach the end of your video. Here is how HLS does it on ZeroStorage.
StreamingGuides
2 min
Sep 18, 2026
Upload without an account: how anonymous sessions work
No sign-up, no quota anxiety, no lost files. Anonymous sessions tie uploads to a browser instead of a user — this is what that means for you and for us.

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Product

2 min

SFTP for bulk uploads: a practical field guide

Dragging ten thousand files into a browser is a bad time. SFTP is the boring, reliable path — keys, folders, partial transfers, and what breaks first.

Subtitles for free: automatic extraction on every upload

Embedded subtitle tracks are pulled out during transcoding and served as WebVTT. Upload once, get selectable captions in every player.

StreamingGuides

From URL to stream in seconds: the import extension explained

The Chrome extension pulls stream URLs from 90+ sites and imports them as regular files. What it reads, what it stores, and where it stops.

Folders, passwords, and share links that expire

Organisation without an account is possible; organisation with protection is better. Password folders, expiry dates, and download limits in one pass.

API keys, rate limits, and building a real pipeline

Key scoping, per-key throttling, and the retry pattern that keeps a bulk import from being throttled into oblivion. Concrete numbers included.