Producing H.264 files for Flash distribution with Telestream Episode Pro
This video tutorial details how to use Telestream Episode Pro to produce H.264 video files for Flash distribution.
DetailsChosing a camcorder for streaming production – 5 questions to ask
If you bought a camcorder ten years ago, chances were it was
DV and stored its video on DV tape. Three years ago, it was likely HDV and DV
tape. Today, it could be any one of five or six HD formats (AVCHD, HDV, DVCPRO
HD, XDCAM HD, AVC-Int
H.264 Scalable Video Coding – what you need to know
Over the next two or three years, streaming producers will
be increasingly tasked supplying optimized video streams to devices as
disparate as cell phones and set top boxes, along with different quality
versions for users accessing the con
Dicas claims new algorithm boosts H.264 quality by 30%
Dicas produces the H.264 codec used by Telestream in most (if not all)
of their encoding products, including Episode Pro and Episode Engine.
On June 11, 2009, Dicas announced a new quality enhancing algorithm called
dicasVICO that the company clai
Video tutorial: producing H.264 video for Flash Distribution with Apple Compressor
This video tutorial details how to use Apple Compressor to produce H.264 video files for Flash distribution. Here’s some background information explaining some of the encoding decisions made in the tutorial. First, the project involved a concer
DetailsProducing Screencams that Market and Sell
Screencams are a wonderful tool for demonstrating software operation.
In many cases, producing them can almost be a real-time event—you
capture and narrate simultaneously, import the result into Camtasia
Studio, add titles and such, export t
Encoding Screencams: Codecs and Techniques
In Producing Screencams that Market and Sell, I described
how to script, record, and edit a screencam presentation for fun or
profit. In this article, I’ll detail which codec does the best job
compressing screencams for internet delivery, wh
The Moving Picture: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About H.264 but Were Afraid to Ask
I recently taught an H.264-specific class at Streaming Media East in New York. Though the class was 3 hours long, I can distill a bunch of useful knowledge into this column if you don’t mind missing the sample videos and example screens, not to mention the insightful and surprisingly compelling lecture. Let’s begin. H.264 is…
DetailsVideo tutorial: Understanding the critical H.264 encoding options
This short (under 10-minute) PowerPoint-based tutorial details how to configure the most important H.264
encoding parameters (profiles, levels, entropy encoding and b-frames),
discusses why H.264 encoding quality varies by encoding tool and identif
Peer Review: The Wine Library
This is a peer review of streaming video produced by the Wine Library, written as a sidebar to a feature story by StreamingMedia.com. Here’s the intro:As you’ve read in Troy Dreier’s feature,
the Wine Library’s producer and star, Gary Vaynerch