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December, 2012

  • 22 December

    News Flash for Compressionists: Garbage in Means Garbage Out

    First, video compression is a garbage in/garbage out medium, so output quality improves with input quality. Second, codecs such as H.264 are lossy, which means the lower the data rate, the lower the quality. Finally, intermediate formats such as ProR

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  • 22 December

    Encoding for Multiple Devices

    Many streaming producers are increasing the number of mobile and over-the-top (OTT) platforms that they support while implementing adaptive streaming to enhance the viewing experience on each. There are two ways to accomplish this: produce a unique s

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  • 22 December

    Deliver an Awesome Webcast from Your Desk

    So you've been tasked (or you decided) to produce If you're working in a small home or office with a webcast from your office. Congratulations, it's a great way to communicate directly with one or hundreds of viewers. Of course, one critical factor i

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  • 22 December

    A Buyer’s Guide to Portable Encoders

    Live event streaming while on the road requires an encoder that's as powerful as it is portable. In this Buyer's Guide, I'll detail the categories to consider when buying a portable encoder, along with factors to consider to help identify the best pr

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  • 22 December

    A Buyer’s Guide to Live Encoders

    Choosing a live streaming encoding tool used to be simple: You typically would encode a single stream for delivery to your desktop viewers, and budget was the most important buying criteria. When buying today, of course, you've almost certainly expan

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  • 22 December

    A Buyer’s Guide to Cloud Transcoding

    Is 2013 the year of encoding in the cloud? Actually, it might be, at least for live transcoding in the cloud, and even on-demand transcoding should see significant migration to cloud facilities.

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  • 10 December

    Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10: How to Make Sure Your Videos Play

    Windows 8 might be taking off more slowly than Microsoft had hoped, but for video producers, it's still another OS and browser to reckon with. Here's what you need to know to make sure your videos play on Windows 8 devices.

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  • 7 December

    Tutorial: Vislink LiveGear Airstream Cellular iNG Transmitter

    If you're in the market for a portable video encoder/transmitter, you should consider the LiveGear Airstream from Vislink. It's mobile and easy to use, and it employs predictive forward error correction and adaptive bitrate H.264 encoding to reliably

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November, 2012

  • 21 November

    Tutorial: Removing Video Noise with the Neat Video Plug-in

    In this tutorial, I demonstrate how you can use the Neat Video plug-in to remove noise from video, improving output quality for all outputs.

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  • 20 November

    Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6 Review at OnlineVideo.net

    I review the key features of the update and conclude: So where does this release leave Final Cut Pro X in the great panoply of professional editors? When first released, FCPX had serious deficits that simply prevented many producers from using the product. As many detractors crowed, it was more iMovie Pro than FCPX. If you produced multi-cam events, for …

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