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My review of Wirecast 5 is up on Streaming Media Magazine. To make a long story short, if you’re a Wirecast user, you’re going to want to upgrade. Here’s the intro, which sets the stage: Telestream has significantly improved usability with a redesigned interface, beneficially expanded the product’s input capabilities, and upgraded the product’s plumbing with features such as x264 …
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February, 2014
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11 February
Review: Brightcove Video Cloud Live
Real-time cloud transcoding is the future of live event streaming, and it’s here now from several companies, including Brightcove subsidiary Zencoder, which was among the first to announce a live transcoding product. In this review, I’ll
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11 February
Telestream Includes x.264 in Free Episode 6.4 Update
In an uncharacteristically quiet release, Telestream launched Episode 6.4, a free upgrade that includes x264 encoding for all versions. This is essentially a price reduction of around $89 (B&H was still selling the x264 option when I wrote this post). Here’s a snippet from the Product Sheet: You can click over to the Release Notes, here. From my perspective, incorporating …
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7 February
Tutorial: Fixing Clipped Audio with iZotope RX3
We’ve all recording clipped, distorted audio from a signal that’s too hot, resulting in time-consuming retakes or total disaster if the audio is from a live event. The Declip feature in iZotope RX3 can reduce that disaster to a quick and easy fix. This tutorial shows you how. Note that Streaming Media Producer has transcribed the video to create an …
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7 February
Redo of HLS Webinar with JW Player and Sorenson Media
I produced a webinar in late January entitled Adaptive Streaming to Desktops and Mobile via HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). A simple approach; no coding required. Unfortunately, when it was time to post the on-demand version, we learned that the file had been corrupted. So, rather than simply record it anew, we decided to hold the webinar again. Here’s a link …
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7 February
Choosing Cameras and Lighting for Single-Speaker Webinars
I recently tested a bunch of webcams and video cameras to find the optimal camera for single person webinars. I produced a webinar on the topic, which you can view here, and see the output from the various tested devices. I also wrote an article on the topic, which is now live on the Streaming Media Producer site. If you’re …
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6 February
HEVC Likely to be Subject to Similar Royalty Structure as H.264
One of the best things about presenting at Streaming Media conferences is that the expertise level of attendees is so high that it’s rare you don’t learn a thing or so in the sessions that you present. So it was during my HEVC session at
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January, 2014
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31 January
Telestream Wirecast 5: The Definitive Review
With Wirecast 5, Telestream has significantly improved usability with a redesigned interface, beneficially expanded the product’s input capabilities, and upgraded the product’s plumbing with features such as x264 encoding and HD-SDI outpu
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29 January
Presentation Lessons from the State of the Union
After several hundred years of simple talking head State of the Union addresses, the Obama team broke mold with “enhanced live-stream” of the speech, which included the president on the left, and frequent infographics, photos and tweets on the right that helped make the president’s key points. Love Obama or hate him, he just set a new bar that all …
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28 January
Tutorial: Improve Audio Clarity with Compression in Audition/Premiere Pro CC
I produce a lot of screencams, and sometimes my voice fades at the end of the day, which can make the instruction muffled and less distinct. Audio compression is a great way to fix that, and it’s really convenient in Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Audition. Learn how in this tutorial. Note that in addition to hosting the tutorial, …
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