I just finished the webinar, Configuring Your Streaming Video, which covers (most importantly) the concept of bits per pixel. You can view the webinar, download the handout and read the transcript by clicking over to the article. There's also a full
Read More »Indiana University to use Multiple Screen Delivery as textbook
Got a nice email this morning from Dr. Edgar Huang, an Associate Professor at the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Specifically, he informed me that he was adopting Producing Streaming Video for Multiple Screen Delivery for his upcoming college level course, Online Video Presentation. Commenting on his decision, Dr. Huang stated, “I have adopted Producing …
Read More »Archived Webinar; Get Your Video Online now available
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013, the Streaming Learning Center held its first webinar, Get Your Video online, which was sponsored and distributed by Onstream Media. The free, 30-minute seminar is now available for online viewing. Here’s the description: Who this free seminar is for: The use of streaming video has skyrocketed because it can be extraordinarily effective for sales, marketing, …
Read More »Webcasting Live Events with the Cbox P2 HD
I recently produced a tutorial about Winnov’s Cbox P2 HD, which is a great product for corporations, schools and other enterprises that hold frequent live events that combine a speaker, PowerPoint slides and other inputs. The unit can produce the event live, and create on-demand versions for most viewing platforms. I Here’s the intro from the tutorial, which you can …
Read More »New FFmpeg resource (and some old ones)
I’m allergic to command-line encoders like FFmpeg, so the Streaming Learning Center blog has very little to offer folks using this encoder when it comes to techniques and command line arguments. I just learned about a new blog entitled ReneVolution which is highly focused on FFmpeg; the link will take you to a post on FFmpeg 2.0 which shipped in …
Read More »Streaming Learning Center Launches Streaming Webinar Series
Just a quick note to let you know that the Streaming Learning Center will host six free webinars on encoding and distributing streaming media. The series will start with a very basic webinar designed for totally novice users, and will progress to topics like Fundamentals of H.264 Encoding, Distributing to Desktops and Mobile Devices via HMTL5, and Implementing Advanced and …
Read More »Streaming Training at NAB Scores a Perfect 5 Out of 5
Once you have kids, you can no longer post your own accomplishments on the refrigerator door for the world to see; it’s too crowded, and the kids don’t really care. So I thought I would post a lovely note I got from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) here. Five out of five for engineers, which usually are a pretty …
Read More »Excellent Android Best Practices Article on Encoding.com
Encoding.com just published a best practices article entitled, The Current State of Android and Video, A Full Overview & Best Practices of Android Video. The article first outlines the issues relating to encoding for Android delivery, and then discusses different alternatives for distributing to these devices, including Encoding.com’s own Vid.ly service. Topics covered include captioning, digital rights management (DRM), compatibility …
Read More »Comcast Sent Me a Video – It was My Invoice!
I recently signed up for Comcast broadband and just got my first invoice-in the form of a custom video. Pretty cool idea given that broadband users run the gamut from tech-savvy to technology laggards, and the bill lays the charges out in a very clear manner. If you’re a Comcast user, this is probably old hat; if not, have a …
Read More »Video: Encoding for Multiple Screen Delivery
I gave this talk at the Streaming Forum in London in June 2013. Here’s the description: Most publishers today have to distribute to three sets of screens; desktop, mobile and OTT. This session will start by detailing the playback capabilities and technology compatibilities of all three platforms. Then it will explore the technical issues and feasibility of producing one set …
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