November, 2020

• 28 November

  New AV1 Training Course Teaches How To Encode with AV1

  

  A new Streaming Learning Center Course, Encoding with the AV1 Codec, teaches how to optimize AV1 encoding with four AV1 codecs (aomenc, libaom-av1, SVT-AV1, Aurora1). Available now for $99.95. If you’re looking for a structured AV1 training program to learn how to encode with AV1, this is it. Click here for more information or to purchase the course.  The AV1 …

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• 27 November

  Webinar: Choosing a Codec in 2021 and Beyond

  

  This video discusses how to choose a codec in 2021 and beyond.  Download the handout here. Here’s the video.  Here’s the Description Codecs like H.264 and AV1 are the key enabling technologies for all entertainment and business-oriented video distribution, whether movies distributed via Netflix or videoconferencing from Zoom and similar services. At a high level, codecs come from two …

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• 25 November

  Free Video from Wowza Streaming Engine Training Teaches Streaming Basics

  

  Derrick Freeman’s new course, Getting Up and Running with Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8, offers three free videos. This one, entitled Video Streaming Overview, helps Wowza implementors who aren’t familiar with streaming get up to speed on the critical concepts. The video demonstrates Derrick’s methodical, leave-no-student-behind approach that will help all Wowza implementors get up and running fast. Here’s the video. …

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• 23 November

  Streaming Media Bootcamps at Streaming Media University

  

  I’m teaching two boot camps (virtually) at an upcoming Streaming Media University event, one for VOD and the other for live streaming; each costs $199. The courses are designed for newbies who need to get up to speed quickly on these topics. If the courses sound familiar, I did teach the same courses at the Streaming Media West event in …

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• 23 November

  Interview with Wowza Streaming Engine Training Course Creator Derrick Freeman

  

  The Streaming Learning Center just released a course entitled Getting Up and Running with Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8 by Derrick Freeman. In this interview, Derrick explains who the course is designed for and what students will learn in the course. For more information about the course, or to enroll, click here.

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• 16 November

  Streaming Learning Center Announces New Course: Getting Up and Running With Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8

  

  Course created by Wowza Expert Derrick Freeman from Freeman Compression, Inc. Galax, VA, November 16, 2020 – The Streaming Learning Center today announced the availability of a new online course entitled Getting Up and Running With Wowza Streaming Engine 4.8. The course was created by Wowza expert Derrick Freeman and is being offered at an introductory price of $199, which …

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• 15 November

  Encoding H.264-Advanced Topics

  

  Recently I received a shortlist of compression-related questions from a consulting buddy; he’s always been gracious in answering my questions and I wanted to return the favor. Since he’s asking, I thought others might be curious as well; hence this blog post that largely incorporates my responses to his questions, all relating to encoding H.264 files. Here are the questions: …

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October, 2020

• 28 October

  Catching Up with VVC

  

  VVC is one of the three codecs to be launched by MPEG in 2020. I wrote about VVC extensively here (business side) and here (technical side), and wanted to provide some quick updates. By way of background, codecs have two sides, the performance side, and the business side. In this short article, I’ll address both. Fraunhofer’s VVenC Sets New Standards …

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September, 2020

• 29 September

  Another Five-Star Review for Streaming 101 Course

  

  Pleased to share another five-star review of my online course Streaming Media 101: Technical Onboarding for Streaming Media Professionals. As the course tagline details, “This course teaches the fundamentals and skills necessary to succeed in a streaming media-related job, whether you’re producing and distributing streaming media or creating the tools, technologies, and services necessary to do so.” A recent student, …

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• 21 September

  How to Create a New Video Encoding Command String in 11 Simple Steps

  

  I’ve spent the last two months testing four AV1 codecs accessible via command-line arguments and I start testing VVC codecs next week. Trying to fairly and accurately test the capabilities of these codecs turned out to be a pretty grueling and messy task. The key challenge, of course, was creating the optimal video encoding command string for each codec. While …

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