March, 2014

• 4 March

  Webinar: Removing Noise from Your Video with the Neat Video Filter

  Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 2:00 – 2:30 EST As much as we try to avoid it, sometimes we have to shoot video in low light. To brighten the video, we have to boost gain, which inserts visible noise into the video, which looks bad and can lead to compression artifacts. In these instances, the best option is remove the noise …

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• 4 March

  Ozer Announces New Video Compression Course on Udemy

  I’m pleased to announce my new video compression course on Udemy entitled Video Compression for Web, Disc and PC/TV/Console Playback. The course will help those new to compression get up to speed quickly, and will serve as a valuable resource for novice to intermediate users seeking to optimize their encoding quality and workflows. You can see a video describing the …

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• 3 March

  Osprey Lives On, ViewCast Disappears

  Author’s note:  The article has been updated with information about Valdor acquiring the Niagara and GoStream product lines. It’s no secret that ViewCast, one of the longest tenured veterans in the streaming media marketplace, has been under a lot of financial pressure lately, though their products have always been solid, at least for me. Last August, they formed a strategic …

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• 3 March

  In Defense of MPEG LA

  MPEG LA is the licensing authority that manages the patent portfolios for MPEG-2 and H.264 patent groups. The organization has received some bad press lately from Steve Forbes, writing in Fox News, and Howard Williams, writing for TelecomTV. The common complaint seems to be that MPEG LA is charging royalties for old and expired patents, which, in the words of Williams, …

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February, 2014

• 25 February

  How to Create Video Emails

  An article I wrote for OnlineVideo.net on how to create video emails just posted. Here’s the intro, which describes what’s in the article.  As more companies add video to their marketing and communications efforts, it’s natural to want to include videos in emails, or at least the appearance of videos in emails. To do so, you have two options. First …

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• 21 February

  YouTube Preparing to Deploy VP9 on 4K Content

  In a TV Technology article, Deborah D. McAdams reported that “YouTube is preparing to use Google’s own VP9 compression for 4K content otherwise known as “UltraHD.” McAdams was recounting Google’s presentation from Day 2 of the Hollywood Post Alliance, an informal gathering of technical glitterati from Hollywood. Interestingly, when Google’s Anil Kokaram showed slides comparing VP9 to H.264 and H.265, …

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• 20 February

  Tutorial: Adaptive Streaming to Desktops and Mobile via HLS: No Coding Required

  Adaptive streaming is the best technique for delivering video to viewers watching on a diverse range of platforms and connections. But implementing adaptive streaming has traditionally been complicated and expensive. Not any more. In this webi

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• 18 February

  Premiere Pro Title Tips

  Here are three title-related tips you can use from within Premiere Pro. 1.  How to save a title style 2.  How to create a title template 3.  How to save a title as a separate file Premiere Pro Title Tips_1

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• 15 February

  Telestream Wirecast 5: The Definitive Review

  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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• 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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