HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) is an adaptive streaming technology created by Apple for streaming to iDevices, and submitted by the company to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for more general use. Over the last two months, both Google and Adobe have added HLS support to key products in their portfolio, which probably means that other mobile vendors, like BlackBerry, …
Read More »Book Excerpt: Choosing an Online Video Platform (OVP)
Here’s an except from my (Jan Ozer) new book, Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5. You work with an OVP the same way you work with a UGC site: you upload the file to the service; it encodes and supplies a player and embed code. Regarding the player, most vendors offer the ability to create a branded player …
Read More »Creating a Flash Player in Adobe Flash Catalyst
Adobe Flash Catalyst is my “go-to” tool for creating and uploading simple Flash Players to the web, and if you own Adobe CS5, you already have the tool. Here you can watch a short tutorial on how simple it is to create Flash Players with Adobe Flash Catalyst.
Read More »How to Upload a Video and Embed it on Your Website
You can use free sites like YouTube and Vimeo to host your videos for you, and then embed those videos into the pages of your website. This step-by-step video guides you through the upload process, and then helps you customize the embed code so the final result looks perfect on your site.
Read More »Innovations in Live Event Streaming
If you produce live events, there are two relatively recent innovations you should know about. The first relates to supporting multiple playback formats, like Flash, Apple iOS devices, Silverlight and others. In the past, to support multiple output formats, you needed to encode multiple streams, each in the required format. Now that most live events have standardized on the H.264 …
Read More »Learn how to create stories in DVD Studio Pro
I know it’s a bit far afield for many streaming-oriented readers, but if you’re a DVD Studio Pro producer, and don’t know what stories are, or why or how to use them, you may want to check out this pair of articles on Digital Content Producer. Working with stories in Final Cut Pro/DVD Studio Pro – This is an introductory-level …
Read More »Flash does NOT over-consume power on Android handsets
Colleague Tim Siglin released an extensive white paper today that assessed the affect of the Adobe Flash Player on the battery life of six Android powered devices and found that: Flash Player 10.1 , in our initial tests, has negligible battery drain impact. Wi-Fi based use of Flash Player 10.1 in the native browser, with no other applications running, appears …
Read More »Encoding for Upload to UGC Sites
This is a very basic video tutorial for newbies that details how to encode for upload to UGC sites like YouTube or Vimeo. It’s published on OnlineVideo.net, and I’ve embedded their player below. Again, it’s very basic, but if you’ve been looking for help getting started in streaming video, you might find it useful. It’s produced at 1280×720, so it …
Read More »Posting Videos that Play on an iPad
Here’s a video that I produced for OnlineVideo.net on the subject. Note that it looks absolutely fabulous in full screen (if I do say so myself) so give that a shot. Enjoy!
Read More »WebM Encoding Tools: Five Popular Encoders Compared
This is a video that I produced for OnlineVideo.net on the subject. Here’s the description. In this video evaluation, Jan Ozer looks at and evaluates five popular WebM encoders: Miro Video Encoder Firefogg Wildfrom Flix WebM Telestream Episode Pro Sorenson Squeeze 7 You’ll learn why some are quite good and others aren’t worth your time. Ozer shows video samples of each …
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