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New VLC Player Release Incorporates HEVC and VC9 Playback

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 18, 2013

Last week, VideoLAN released VLC 2.1.1, which incorporates HEVC and VCP9 playback on many of the multiple platforms supported by the player, which includes Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, FreeBSD, Solaris, Ubuntu, Mint, and multiple flavors of Linux.

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New VLC Player Release Incorporates HEVC Playback

BlogsBy Jan OzerNovember 18, 2013

The VLC Player is one of the few programs I have on virtually all computers in my office, because it’s free, it runs on Macs and Windows, and plays almost every format, including H.264 and now H.265. Which is great, because I’ve just started to experiment with HEVC and it’s great to have a player…

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Review: Onstream Media Webcasting Service

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 8, 2013

Onstream Media’s webcasting service provides a soup-to-nuts system for broadcasting PowerPoint slides and talking-head video to a computer-based or mobile audience, with interactive elements such as Q&A, polling, and surveys, with registrat

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Elemental Cloud: Streaming Media’s Comprehensive Hands-On Review

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 8, 2013

Let’s save us both a lot of time. If you’re looking for the cheapest cloud encoding service for low-volume production quantities, skip to the next article; Elemental Cloud isn’t for you. On the other hand, if you’re a high-vol

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Tutorial: Capturing Soundboard Audio for Live Event Video

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 7, 2013

Connecting your camcorder to an external microphone or soundboard is a critical skill for any event or corporate videographer, though it can be surprisingly challenging, making it an exercise best performed well in advance of the actual live event. I

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Onstream Vs. Livestream: Which Is Better for Online Events?

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 7, 2013

I recently kicked off six streaming-specific webinars. My motivation? To sell copies of my new book. Rather than market through book reviews and bloggers, I decided to reach out directly to potential buyers with content.

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The Future of HEVC: It’s Coming, but with Plenty of Questions

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 5, 2013

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)?” In this article, I’ll briefly review those findings and focus on how quickly HEVC will make a mark in…

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Review: The HP Z1 as a Webcaster’s Workstation

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 4, 2013

HP’s Z1 is the first all-in-one computer with workstation components and field serviceability. Here, encoding expert Jan Ozer takes a look at how this workstation-class portable PC fared in a live production and webcast environment, with testing emph

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How-To: Calculating Outbound Bandwidth Requirements for Live Events

ArticlesBy Jan OzerNovember 4, 2013

Live event production is great, but if you can’t get the signal out of the building and to your streaming server, you’re dead in the water. I wrote a How To article for Streaming Media Magazine on this topic. Here are the first few paragraphs: Outbound bandwidth can make or break a live streamed event.…

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How to Create Google+ Hangouts On Air: A Complete Walkthrough

ArticlesBy Jan OzerOctober 31, 2013

I recently presented a webinar via Google+ Hangouts On Air. Overall, the system performed well, and the presentation came off without a hitch, though the lack of iOS compatibility is a definite downer. In this article, I’ll describe what Google

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