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Here’s how it begins. Livestream Broadcaster is an exceptionally easy to configure and use live encoder that produced very good quality over a range of relevant bandwidths. The only significant negatives are that the unit doesn’t work with the older Livestream system, and doesn’t currently offer adaptive streaming, though Livestream promises to address the latter concern in the near future. …

Livestream was kind enough to supply a review copy of their Livestream Broadcaster box, which I worked with today. The review will appear in Streaming Media Magazine; this short snippet will give you an idea of the quality that the unit produces and some of my initial impressions.

Adobe Media Encoder CS6 has both interface and performance improvements. See them all in this tutorial from OnlineVideo.net.

I normally don’t use this blog to share experiences unrelated to compression, but my recent experience with QuickBooks, which is ongoing, was too poor not to share. I was happily using QuickBook’s 2009, which did everything that I need, when I was informed that the ability to e-mail invoices would be discontinued on May 30, 2012. Since that’s a service …

Another five star review for my book, Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5, from Matt Castrinos, a sales engineer with ViewCast, who manufactures capture cards and encoding devices for producing streaming video. I met Matt this month at Streaming Media East, where he gave a 3 hour pre-conference seminar entitled Live Webcasting Soup to Nuts. I’m writing my …

OK, so it was the second day keynote, but a keynote nonetheless. Here’s the description: The mobile craze, fueled by tablets and smart phones, has implications for how we produce and distribute video and rich media content. And the reality of the new “YouTube generation” viewer adds a new dimension to video consumption. Enterprises and campuses now find they need …

Love it, hate it, however you look at it, two years after its initial introduction, iPad owners still don’t get the same experience as Flash-based desktops. So Bubba Watson was in a playoff at the Masters with Louis Oosthuizen. Fate conspired against me, and I was pulled away from the TV on the second playoff hole. I returned to see …

If you’ve been waiting to pick up my book Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5 until it’s available in digital format, wait no more. The book is available for Kindle and you can find it here for $19.99, a savings of about $10.00 over the print edition.

Let me re-iterate that if you are delivering a live event, or videos online, then this book is a must – plain and simple. Another very positive 5-star review of my book, Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5, from Andy Stevenson. After describing the content, the last two paragraphs state: The icing on the cake with this book, …

I’m preparing for multiple presentations over the next couple of weeks, and was Googling to find data on the effectiveness of learning aids in viewer retention and comprehension. Came across this video that every presenter should see while preparing their PowerPoints.  The video is a teaser for a book entitled Habitudes for Communications by Dr. Tim Elmore that you can …