This is the second in a series of video tutorials on producing H.264, in this case detailing how to do so using Sorenson Squeeze. Here's some  background information explaining some of the encoding decisions made in the tutorial. First, the

Whenever I speak at industry groups about H.264, and detail the upcoming royalty obligation, some attendees are invariably surprised that using H.264 will generate royalties. Here's what you need to know about H.264 and royalties, in an except fro

streaming quality, shooting for streaming, bit rates for streaming,

This is the first in a series of video tutorials on producing H.264, in this case detailing how to do so using the Adobe Media Encoder. Here's some  background information explaining some of the encoding decisions made in the tutorial. Firs

I was reading through some material on Adobe's web site (specifically, here) and noticed the following table, which I've copied verbatim, along with the explanatory note. Citing an August, 2008 IDC study that's referenced below, the table states that

A few months ago, I ran some Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) benchmarks on different computers that isolated how CS4 performed with formats ranging from DV to Red. Now that Intel’s Nehalem processor is upon us, those numbers are obsolete, so I’m updating them with results from two Nehalem-based workstations that I’ve been testing. In this installment, I’ll explain the tests and share DV and …

How to produce H.264 video

I found this snippet on the Really Practical Marketing website. It's third hand information, but it shows the results of some user polls taken by online video company Vzaar. Specifically, Vzaar polled their customers on how using streaming video impr

This page discusses how to compute the optimal data rate for your streaming video.

We like to drink our own Kool-Aid in the streaming video business, and most of us tended to accept the increasingly hyperbolic streaming video viewing numbers as fact. Well, Nielson funded a research study to the tune of $3.5 million that actuall