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Portland Community College’s Multimedia Program Switches to Adobe Creative Suite

BlogsBy Jan OzerFebruary 8, 2013

There’s been a lot of back and forth about how Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) has been accepted in the marketplace. Before its introduction, though Adobe had been making headway against Final Cut Pro 7 (FCP7), it’s fair to say that FCP7 had greater mindshare in the educational and professional educational community. My own informal…

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Is it just me, or is there nothing more stupid in the world than Linked-in Endorsements?

BlogsBy Jan OzerFebruary 7, 2013

Is it just me, or is there nothing more stupid in the world than Linked-in Endorsements? I got another this morning, from one of the hundreds of LinkIn connections who I only tangentially know, and who I have never produced work for in the field that he endorsed me in. Hootie-Hoo, those consulting dollars are…

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HTML5-Compatible Market Share Tops 68%

BlogsBy Jan OzerJanuary 7, 2013

HTML5 video is all the rage, but if your viewer’s browser isn’t HTML5-compatible, the video won’t play unless you fallback to Flash or similar technology. I’m working on a new book and wanted to determine the percentage of desktop browsers that are H

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How streaming is more efficient than progressive download

BlogsBy Jan OzerDecember 29, 2012

I created this short video to illustrate how streaming is more efficient than delivering via progressive download. For illustrating the efficiencies of streaming, I used a file streamed via RTMP, but you can get the same benefit via chunk-based HTTP based technologies like HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Smooth Streaming, HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS), or DASH,…

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WebM: It’s Forgotten but Not Quite Gone

ArticlesBy Jan OzerDecember 22, 2012

I recently taught several seminars on producing video for HTML5, and I started my preparation with some research to see how the WebM codec was being used to determine the focus and scope of my WebM-related materials. In case you’ve forgotten &m

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News Flash for Compressionists: Garbage in Means Garbage Out

ArticlesBy Jan OzerDecember 22, 2012

First, video compression is a garbage in/garbage out medium, so output quality improves with input quality. Second, codecs such as H.264 are lossy, which means the lower the data rate, the lower the quality. Finally, intermediate formats such as ProR

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Encoding for Multiple Devices

ArticlesBy Jan OzerDecember 22, 2012

Many streaming producers are increasing the number of mobile and over-the-top (OTT) platforms that they support while implementing adaptive streaming to enhance the viewing experience on each. There are two ways to accomplish this: produce a unique s

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Deliver an Awesome Webcast from Your Desk

ArticlesBy Jan OzerDecember 22, 2012

So you’ve been tasked (or you decided) to produce If you’re working in a small home or office with a webcast from your office. Congratulations, it’s a great way to communicate directly with one or hundreds of viewers. Of course, one critical factor i

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A Buyer’s Guide to Portable Encoders

ArticlesBy Jan OzerDecember 22, 2012

Live event streaming while on the road requires an encoder that’s as powerful as it is portable. In this Buyer’s Guide, I’ll detail the categories to consider when buying a portable encoder, along with factors to consider to help identify the best pr

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A Buyer’s Guide to Live Encoders

ArticlesBy Jan OzerDecember 22, 2012

Choosing a live streaming encoding tool used to be simple: You typically would encode a single stream for delivery to your desktop viewers, and budget was the most important buying criteria. When buying today, of course, you’ve almost certainly expan

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