SMNYC 2024: Streaming Learning Center’s Jan Ozer Talks AI, Codecs, and Patent Pools

Jan Ozer June 10, 2024 Articles Leave a comment 688 Views

At Streaming Media NYC 2024, Tim Siglin interviewed me (Jan Ozer) about how the Streaming Learning Center has expanded into a platform offering courses on streaming-related topics to help technical people in the industry become familiar with terms, technologies, best practices, and tools. He also talks about machine learning, the shift towards Neural Programming Units (NPUs), and the legal and financial implications of choosing a codec due to potential patent infringements.

You can read a summary of the discussion at Streaming Media here. Much gratitude to Tim and Streaming Media for taking the time during the busy show to record and publish this.

You can access the video below.

About Jan Ozer

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I help companies train new technical hires in streaming media-related positions; I also help companies optimize their codec selections and encoding stacks and evaluate new encoders and codecs. I am a contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine, writing about codecs and encoding tools. I have written multiple authoritative books on video encoding, including Video Encoding by the Numbers: Eliminate the Guesswork from your Streaming Video (https://amzn.to/3kV6R1j) and Learn to Produce Video with FFmpeg: In Thirty Minutes or Less (https://amzn.to/3ZJih7e). I have multiple courses relating to streaming media production, all available at https://bit.ly/slc_courses. I currently work as www.netint.com as a Senior Director in Marketing.

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