April, 2009

• 7 April

  Accelerating Encoding on Multiple Core Workstations

  Introduction - accelerating your encoding on multiple core mac and windows workstations

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• 3 April

  Streaming Learning Center offers free downloadable streaming media primer

  Galax, Virginia. Streaminglearningcenter.com is pleased to offer for free download a streaming media primer written by Jan Ozer. The primer starts by defining commonly used streaming terms like bandwidth, streaming and data rate, and then explains universal encoding parameters like VBR and I, B and P-frames. Then it introduces readers to the big three codecs, H.264, VP6 and VC-1, and …

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• 3 April

  Download free streaming media primer here

  

  Streaminglearningcenter.com is pleased to offer for free download a streaming media primer written by Jan Ozer.The primer starts by defining commonly used streaming terms like bandwidth, streaming and data rate, and then explains universal encoding

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• 1 April

  Review: HP Z800

  Since the launch of the Core 2 Duo line of processors in mid-2006, new workstations have been more about evolution than revolution, with solid incremental but uninspiring performance gains. This is no longer. Sporting a completely redesigned case and Intel’s new Nehalem processor the new Z800 knocks the socks off HP’s existing workstation line—especially for video editors and streaming producers. …

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March, 2009

• 31 March

  Another successful YouTube HD upload

  I've been spending a lot of time over the past few weeks testing HP's new Nehalem based workstations, the Z400, Z600 and Z800, and also attending the product launch in Beverly Hills last week. I'll release benchmarks soon, but one of the key fea

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• 28 March

  Test Drive: Telestream Episode Pro

  Telestream Episode Pro has emerged as a top performer on the Mac, and last December, Telestream released a Windows version. It’s an affordable tool that all HD producers on both platforms need to be aware of, so I’m devoting this month’s Affordable HD to a review of this product. In this first installment, I’ll review the interface and discuss I/O, …

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• 14 March

  File Analysis Tools for Streaming Video

  Introduction to streaming file analysis tools and how we tested

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• 13 March

  The myth of the QuickTime reference movie

  Imagine you and I are sitting in an airport bar, watching the Celtics beat up on the San Antonio Spurs in the crucial fifth game of the NBA Finals. Though I'm intensely focused on the battle between Duncan and Garnett-which will ultimately decide

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• 9 March

  The easiest way to improve streaming quality

  It sounds obvious, but good streaming quality starts with good video quality. While it's easy to get caught up in the technical aspects and minutia of compression, sometimes improving your quality is much, much easier.I was approached by a client

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• 7 March

  McKinsey Peer Review

  Click here to watch the video describing this analysis. Overview:  McKinsey & Company is a leading international consulting firm who publishes the McKinsey Quarterly. McKinsey recently started posting video interviews on their web site. In this

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