Sh*t Streaming Video Consultants Say – A Digital Short
What video compression geeks do when they have a spare morning and a camcorder (and a friend who can edit).
A leading expert on H.264 encoding for live and on-demand production, and as contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine, has tested most cloud, enterprise and desktop encoding tools, worked with most online video platforms (OVPs) and live streaming services, and many webcast platforms.
HP Introduces World’s First 27-inch All-in-One Workstation
HP Introduces World’s First 27-inch All-in-One Workstation Category-defining HP Z1 workstation allows design professionals to unleash their creativity LAS VEGAS, Feb. 14, 2012 – HP today unveiled the world’s first all-in-one workstation with a 27-inch diagonal display.Designed like no other, the display of the new HP Z1 Workstation snaps open so users can easily swap…
I’m Rosie’s Dad (on the power of video)
I’m at a conference in Las Vegas visiting with the HP workstation group. Great folks, nice hotel, fun meetings, Cirque de Soleil tonight. So all the workstation VPs make their sweep of the dining room last night, saying hello, getting some face time with the various press folks. Some kind of know me; I’ve reviewed…
Web Video Workshops to offer one-day workshop for multiple screen delivery
Most web video producers know that effectively serving video to mobile and other platforms like HTML5 and OTT is increasingly important. However, this is easier said than done. To efficiently deliver to multiple screens, you have to encode your files into the proper formats and parameters, configure your streaming server correctly and deploy an intelligent…
Final Cut Pro X (10.0.3) gets Multicam
Check out my review in OnlineMedia.net, where I found FCPX’s multicam feature “fabulous” and concluded: Looking at the bigger picture, Apple deserves credit for delivering on a promise and doing a largely good job of it. Functionally, Final Cut Pro X can now get the job done for most event and other multicam intensive shooters,…
Encoding for Adaptive Streaming – From Streaming Media West
Here’s a video from my presentation at Streaming Media West in Los Angeles in November 2011. There’s also a link to the PDF of my Powerpoint slides below. Enjoy.
Highwinds Completing Transition from RTMP to HTTP
The future of CDN-delivered video is cacheable, HTTP streaming, with MPEG DASH ultimately taking over, says Highwinds’ Chris Bray
Creating a Perfect Green Screen Overlay in Premiere Pro.
Here’s a video I produced for OnlineVideo.net on using Premiere Pro’s Ultra Key and Garbage Matte. It’s an intro- to mid-level video that applies the effect on three videos of varying complexity. The good news? One video is of a (fully clothed) lovely dancing lady. The bad news? The lady’s face is not showing (those…
Why 30 seconds of video takes 3 hours to shoot
I produce lots screencams, and some customers like having a live greenscreen video intro in front of the screencam. “What’s the harm,” they ask? It’s only 30 seconds of video, how long will that take to shoot?” Well, if you’re like me and you don’t have a dedicated studio and staff for such productions, they…
Creating presentation videos with slides and video? Check out Presto!
I recently reviewed Singular Software’s Presto for OnlineVideo.net; you can read the review here. As the lead states: Capturing and producing presentation videos typically involves multiple options, all of them bad. For example, you can frame wide and capture both the speaker and the projected slides, but then your speaker is tiny and the slides…