In its “2008 Consumer Panel Broadband Survey,” IDC reports
that 25% of all participants can successfully download a 1,200Kbps
file, while a startling 69% of all respondents can retrieve a 2,400Kbps
file. If you’re a media or ente
Though overshadowed by H.264 in the news, On2’s VP6 is still
the most widely used streaming codec in the world today. In this short article,
you’ll learn what you need to know to produce video using the On2 VP6 codec,
including the
Microsoft Silverlight has gained lots of recent attention as a platform
for live event streaming applications, and soon may have sufficient
penetration for other web sites to consider using. This article tells
you what you need to know about Silve
A comment on one of my posts inspired this collection of H.264
resources for the Newbie. If you learn best by reading, check out Producing H.264 Video for Flash: An Overview, which is a general article that covers why H.264 is the “it” codec and the
I was fortunate to get an early look at Apple’s new Final Cut Pro 7, and wrote several articles that you might find of interest. Millimeter – Apple Final Cut Pro 7: First Look Review. A good overview of the key new features. StreamingMedia.com – Appl
DetailsI’ve written before that most consumers couldn’t care less if Microsoft pulled the plug on Silverlight, primarily because from their view — that of the user — it does little that Flash can’t do. I know, I know, there’s lot o
DetailsMy first foray into digital video, circa 1994, went like this: I hired
a professional crew to film a tutorial on video compression. The set
they designed featured a rosewood desk against a gray fabric background
decorated with plants, and graduate
If you’re producing a live streaming event, you have three choices when it comes to encoding: You can hire out the work, buy a streaming appliance, or build your own streaming encoder. If you choose the third approach and want to stream HD H.264 video via Flash, Kulabyte’s XStream Live 2.1 Flash video encoder needs…
DetailsWithout question, lighting is the single most important
determinant of streaming quality. Shoot a well lit scene with a consumer
camcorder, or a poorly lit scene with the latest HD wonder with 2/3” CCDs, and
the consumer camcorder wi
how to limit motion during shooting and editing to improve streaming quality
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