So here I am preparing for an upcoming session at Streaming Media West entitled Encoding …

Another webinar, another few lessons. Probably most important is the hard lesson facing many content …

Just a quick riff on encoding versus packaging. The concept of encoding involves converting a …

The survey results are in: So, out of 87 responses, over 50% chose DASH, while …

I am a bit behind the times on this one, but on September 29th, 2015, …

This post will quickly summarize the current status of HEVC royalties. There are two existing …

I'm big into quality control and objective video measurement, and the latest tool that I've tested, SSIMWaves SQM (link to tool here) , offers a couple of unique elements, including a scoring system that attempts to correspond to actual human subject

You’ve decided to create your own station for mixing live events with a software program like Telestream Wirecast, Livestream Studio, StudioCoast vMix, CombiTech VidBlaster or Splitmedia Labs XSplit. You’ve selected the mixing software yo

Author’s notes: 1. VMAF is now my metric of choice.  2. Since the first publication, …

The Thunderbolt port on a MacPro lets it function as a highly capable live streaming system. Thunderbolt can be a very useful expansion option for streaming and other video production, particularly if you are producing on a Mac workstation or laptop.