Jan Ozer

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I help streaming and video technology companies solve complex technical and market-facing problems in practical business terms. Engagements range from fixed-scope audits and codec strategy reviews to product testing and technical content that helps customers, prospects, and internal teams connect technical performance to business outcomes. 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.

Free Webinar: Setting Bitrate Control and Keyframe Parameters

Thursday September 26, 2013; 2:00-2:30 PM EST

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HEVC – When Should You Care?

HEVC is the next-gen compression technology lauded as the enabler for a host of new services and capabilities. I discuss the historical development of HEVC and its technical underpinnings in my article “What Is HEVC (H.265)?” This article focuses on how quickly the average streaming producer needs to start thinking about HEVC.   According to multiple studies, HEVC should deliver …

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Livestream Comes to Roku

As a leading live streaming service provider, Livestream continually seeks additional eyeballs for its live event producers and viewers. As a developer of a top-selling line of OTT devices, Roku continually seeks additional content for its device own

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Telestream Helps Launch Open Source x265/HEVC Project

This week, Telestream announced the availability of an open source H.265 (HEVC) encoder, co-founded and managed by MulticoreWare Inc. I had a chance to speak with Telestream CTO Shawn Carnahan about the venture.

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Example Files-Baseline, Main and High Codecs

This web page was created to accompany the webinar, Fundamentals of H.264 Encoding, produced on September 4, 2013. It includes sample files assessing the quality of output produced using the Baseline, Main and High profiles. The problem on the table is this; if you produce a set of adaptive files for mobile distribution, you must use the Baseline and Main …

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Fundamentals of H.264 Encoding Webinar-see Replay

Transcript This webinar was held on September 4, 2013. You can click here to register and view the archived event. Learn the basics of H.264 encoding while standing on one leg (well, in 30 minutes, you can assume any position that you’d like). Click here to register; description below. Who this free seminar is for: H.264 is the most widely …

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Produce Broadcast Quality Events with the TriCaster TC40–Video Tutorial

Over two tutorials, I’ll show you how to create a broadcast quality live production with The NewTek TriCaster TC40 TC40 provided by this video’s sponsor, Videoguys.com. In the first tutorial I’ll show you how to select and configure the video and inputs; in the second, you’ll learn how to mix and stream the show itself. During the tutorials, I’ll only …

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Indiana University Adopts Ozer Book for Online Video Presentation Class

Indiana University to use Producing Streaming Video for Multiple Screen Delivery as textbook for Online Video Presentation Course. Galax, VA – August 20, 2013 – The Streaming Learning Center announced that Dr. Edgar Huang, Ph.D., MFA, Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, will use the book, Producing Streaming Video for Multiple Screen Delivery, written …

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Configuring Your Streaming Video, Video, Handout and Transcript

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

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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 …

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