Live Event Presentation at Streaming Media West
Here’s the handout for my live event streaming presentation at StreamingMedia West.
DetailsTop tips for improving streaming video quality
I’m at StreamingMedia West in San Jose about to go into a session on improving your streaming video quality – my top tips. I’m attaching the presentation to this short post for those who attended and others interested in the topic.I hope you find the
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Long day of demos at Streaming Media West. All very interesting, some suboptimal from the standpoint of effectiveness, so while I’m waiting for the Tiramisu I had after dinner to function like organic Ambien, I thought that I would write down some tips for sales and marketing types to consider before their next product demos.…
DetailsFun, Fun, Fun at StreamingMedia West
At StreamingMedia West in San Jose where I debuted my new blonde ‘do to the adoring (OK, skeptical) crowd. That’s Tim Siglin on the left, Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen on the right and blondie in the middle. I started the show with a session entitled Producing H.264 for Streaming and Progressive Download (3 hours), and host an…
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I taught a class on H.264 production at Streaming Media West
today. Two related trends that I discussed were HTTP delivery of streaming media and
adaptive bitrate streaming, where multiple files are encoded for distribution to remote viewer
Presentation at Streaming Media West
Just finished a presentation on producing H.264 at Streaming Media West – here’s the final PDF from the presentation for attendees who wanted to download it. Here’s the class description – Encoding
H.264 Video for Streaming and Progressive DownloadT
Is your video player as good as your content?
Ten years ago, a streaming video player performed one function – it
played your video. Today, the features of your player are critical to
achieving the maximum return on investment from your video.
Specifically, a well featured, properly designed
Sorenson Squeeze 6 and VP6 Encoding
Just a quick note about Sorenson Squeeze 6. I was testing for an upcoming review in my Affordable HD column for Millimeter Magazine and encountered a very serious bug relating to producing in VP6 format. Specifically, in my tests, Squeeze 6 couldn’t
DetailsYouTube’s SD Upload Options
Few things in life are as opaque as working with YouTube—a black box with irresistible appeal to most video producers. Trying to discern how to produce the absolute best quality has consumed boatloads of my time in the past. Recently, however, a concert event client asked me to post six videos to YouTube, and I…
DetailsNew Online Video Platform Comparison Service
I’m very bullish on Online Video Platforms (OVPs) as a substitute for internal infrastructure for video streaming. They simplify encoding, reduce capital expenditures and development costs, provide a superior distribution platform for your videos via
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