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Google Removes H.264 Codec From Chrome

This is an excerpt from my commentary, “Welcome to the Two-Codec World,” which you can read at StreamingMedia.com. Back when Google closed on the On2 acquisition, I wrote a blog post entitled Google Closes On2 Acquisition – Better check your Wallet. The wallet reference related to the fact that Google donating VP8 to the open source cause could boost the …

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New article on Producing for Adaptive Streaming at StreamingMedia.com

An article that I wrote on producing for adaptive streaming just posted at StreamingMedia.com. The article focuses on nitty gritty encoding details, like data rates, key frame intervals and the like. To write the article, I spoke with multiple producers, including MTV, Turner Broadcasting, Harvard and the Microsoftie in charge of NBC’s Olympics and Sunday Night Football streaming video offerings. …

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