So, you’ve got some videos made and you want to get them out there as fast and efficiently as possible. That means you probably want some tools to upload them to multiple video sites automatically right? Right! Here’s some of the coolest tools we found that will help you do just that, and in a hurry. Great article of this …
Read More »Interesting video on viewing analytics
The type and amount of statistics and analytics provided by an OVP is a critical selection criteria. Veeple is an OVP that features clickable hotspots in the video. Here's a short (under 3 minutes) video of Veeple's viewing analytics that I found
Read More »Reflections from StreamingMedia West
Just back from StreamingMedia West, it was a great, high energy show. I just posted a lengthy article on my reflections from the show on the main site, here.
Read More »The skinny on Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming
Digital Content Producer just published an article that I wrote explaining the basics of Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming to the iPhone/iTouch platform, both how the technology works and your implementation options. I think that streaming to this platform will become essential over the next 12 to 18 months, as mobile viewership increases. For example (as the article states), 10% of …
Read More »Live Event Presentation at Streaming Media West
Here's the handout for my live event streaming presentation at StreamingMedia West.
Read More »Top tips for improving streaming video quality
I'm at StreamingMedia West in San Jose about to go into a session on improving your streaming video quality - my top tips. I'm attaching the presentation to this short post for those who attended and others interested in the topic.I hope you find the
Read More »How to demo to the press
Long day of demos at Streaming Media West. All very interesting, some suboptimal from the standpoint of effectiveness, so while I’m waiting for the Tiramisu I had after dinner to function like organic Ambien, I thought that I would write down some tips for sales and marketing types to consider before their next product demos. By way of background, I …
Read More »Fun, Fun, Fun at StreamingMedia West
At StreamingMedia West in San Jose where I debuted my new blonde ‘do to the adoring (OK, skeptical) crowd. That’s Tim Siglin on the left, Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen on the right and blondie in the middle. I started the show with a session entitled Producing H.264 for Streaming and Progressive Download (3 hours), and host an hour-long session today on Improving …
Read More »The best adaptive streaming technology you probably don’t know about
I taught a class on H.264 production at Streaming Media West today. Two related trends that I discussed were HTTP delivery of streaming media and adaptive bitrate streaming, where multiple files are encoded for distribution to remote viewer
Read More »Presentation at Streaming Media West
Just finished a presentation on producing H.264 at Streaming Media West - here's the final PDF from the presentation for attendees who wanted to download it. Here's the class description - Encoding H.264 Video for Streaming and Progressive DownloadT
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