So You Want to Get to Know H.264?
H.264 CABAC CAVLC profiles levels encoding scalable video coding AVC playing back H.265
DetailsTest Drive: Telestream Episode Pro, Part 2
In the first installment for this month, I looked at Telestream’s new Episode Pro for Windows, detailing the interface, I/O, and preview function. This time out, we’ll look at encoding quality, performance, and compatibility. Let’s jump right in with Blu-ray and DVD. Figure 1. MPEG-2 encoding parameters in Telestream Episode Pro. DVD/Blu-ray Episode Pro offers…
DetailsSqueeze 5.1’s H.264 Encoding Quality Dramatically Improved
In addition to the deinterlacing issue discussed here, Squeeze 5.0 also
suffered two H.264 encoding problems. One related to very ugly key
frames like those shown in Figure 1. On the left, you see the poor
quality frames incident to Squeeze 5.0. S
Sorenson Boosts Squeeze 5.1’s Deinterlacing Quality
If you work with interlaced source footage, the quality of your deinterlacing filter is one of the key components to final compressed quality. Unfortunately for Sorenson Squeeze users, the quality of Squeeze’s deinterlacing filters prior to version 5
DetailsDeep Thoughts on Producing Marketing Videos
I recently gave a half-day seminar to the greater Wisconsin chapter
of the Media Communications Association—International, and I devoted
the last hour to creating effective marketing videos for businesses and
other organizations. In pulling
Streaming Media East Presentations
I just got back from a wonderful trip to Streaming Media East, where I
gave two presentations. The first was a 3 hour session on producing
H.264 video, here’s the agenda.
In particular, note the comparisons of H.264 codecs, which you’ll find
he
Streaminglearningcenter Announces Summer Courses at Stanford and Harvard
Galax, VA- Streaming
Learning Center announces two
one-week streaming production courses to be taught by Jan Ozer of
streaminglearningcenter.com and produced by Digital Media Academy.
The two hands-on courses, to be held at Stanford U
Nielson report details increasing online video usage and impact on advertising
It’s been impossible not to notice the increase in the number of internet video viewers and the increased length of time they spend watching. Still, a look at the actual numbers, and the impact on advertising, is profound. You can learn all about thi
DetailsHewlett Packard’s Nehalem-based Z400 and Z800 speed encoding performance
On March 30, 2009, Hewlett Packard announced three new
workstations that leverage Intel’s new Nehalem line of CPUs. To assess the
significance of these new computers to the streaming market, I tested two
Nehalem-based systems against
Test Drive: Intel Nehalem, Part 2
Welcome back to our presentation of how HP’s new Intel Nehalem-based workstations compare to older workstations when rendering from Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4). Briefly, in the last installment, I detailed the tests that I performed, and discussed the results for DV and HDV source materials. This time out, I present the results for DVCPRO HD, AVCHD, and Red…
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