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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

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

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

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 dove in again. The video …

Sorenson Media recently released Squeeze 6. Here's a screencam review that I produced for Millimeter magazine. In a couple of weeks, I'll post a written article on Millimeter comparing encoding quality and performance of Squeeze 6 with previous vers

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

From an article that I wrote in AV Technology that you can read here.

We’ve all heard about Sorenson Squeeze 6; this article contains an overview of the new features. Here are some other resources you can check for more in depth information. First is my video review of new features that you can see by clicking below. Next is a full review of Squeeze 6 encoding speed and quality comparisons, that you can …

Google Documents is a free service from Google that includes word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications. If you have a Google mail account, you can access these apps, enter data online and then access it from anywhere. You can also

I write for StreamingMedia Magazine, and one of their most useful issues is the StreamingMedia Sourcebook, a double issue with lots of "year in review" and "what to expect in the upcoming year" type articles. In this video, editor Eric Schumacher-