Online Video Topic - " encoding "
Dailymotion Supports Open Video Formats
Dailymotion, you know, the video entertainment site where you can share your videos on pretty much almost any topic, is now accepting Open Video formats and HTML tags.
Video Blogging Gets Easy – Wordpress Steps up with VideoPress
A picture is worth a thousand words. According to Grant a video is worth millions. So when the content management system (CMS) that is used in millions of websites around the planet switches over to video you can expect billions of words to be transformed into video.
Sorenson Announces New Video Platform Geared to SMBs
Sorenson360 is officially available to the masses today. This new Internet video delivery network is set to make publishing of high-quality video a snap and affordable to boot (so they say). They’re aiming the service at small to medium-sized businesses and are working to differentiate it from the rest of the pack.
Key features in the service that will help it to do that include acceptance of the highest quality video (only Sorenson 360 offers the power, control and quality of client-side encoding) so your videos look good every time. The service is said to be extremely ergonomic and even novices should be able to publish videos quickly and easily, in that vein their pricing is said to be straight forward. Sorenson offers their 14 years of experience as a reason why Sorenson 360 will be a superior service and with their pre-existing loyal fan base they should have a quick build up of users.
Quicktime to have Built in YouTube Support
If you’re an iPhone user you already know you can watch your favorite YouTube videos on it via the app. However, if you’re a Quicktime user you’ve always had to do your encoding and video editing and then go either to YouTube’s page or use another application to upload your videos.
Mogulus Launches Free Live Video Streaming Software – Procaster
Mogulus today announced the launch of PROCASTER, a free software download that allows digital media creators and producers to create live streaming video content with incredible ease and unprecedented production value. With PROCASTER, users can now stream video content in true-to-life high definition from their desktop or laptop computers to any Internet-connected web browser (no download is needed for the viewers).
Sorenson Squeeze 5 in Avid Technology Editing Suite
Sorenson Media today announced that Sorenson Squeeze 5 is being shipped with the latest versions of Avid Technology Inc.’s suite of video editing applications, including Avid Media Composer (v 3.5), Symphony (v 3.5) and NewsCutter (v 7.5) software. Sorenson Squeeze 5 enables independent editors, producers and filmmakers who use Avid video editing software to easily deliver video in all of the most popular video formats, with advanced encoding options and superior results.
blinkx Launches Automated Video Metadata Enrichment Service for Publishers
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced the availability of an Enhanced Metadata Enrichment solution for publishers, as part of the blinkx Advanced Media Platform. Based on technology that was perfected over 12 years at Cambridge University and is protected by 111 patents, the blinkx Advanced Media Platform enables media publishers and aggregators to manage and monetize video content to its greatest potential.
Youtube Videos in High-Defintion? Hack Youtube for HD Video Playback
Boy was I happy to find out about this…. If you remember our Online Video Predictions for 2008 post from last year, our first was…
“1) HD High-definition Video - I expect Youtube and others to follow suite with the sites that already support High Definition content.”
New Sorenson Squeeze Software for High Quality Online Video Encoding
Funny, just yesterday a friend and I were discussing how we felt that Sorenson had “missed the boat” so to speak in terms of offering a more simplified software solution for encoding web specifically for the web. And last night, I found the following announcement on the Sorenson Media Blog
“Sorenson knows high quality online video and is excited to announce the release of Squeeze 5 MP4! Ok, Ok -enough already! The masses have spoken and Sorenson Media has listened. Every week for the last 6 months or so, we have conducted a 30 minute product webinar to highlight the functionality of Squeeze 5. At the end of the webinar,we spend 5 to 10 minutes answering questions and one that I’ve been asked many times is ‘Our company just needs to encode content for YouTube upload – how can we do this without it looking like garbage?’” – Kirk Punches, Director of Sales
Open Source and Proprietary Internet Video Codecs
Internet video broadcasting is rapidly becoming the medium of choice for delivery of video entertainment and news. There are no geographic limitations or technical licensing requirements for broadcasting on the Internet, which allows any individual to produce and distribute multimedia to a global audience. Content producers have many technical options for creating video for broadcasting on the Internet, which includes the method of encoding the video, method of content delivery and end user requirements for viewing the video. It is important for content producers to understand these available options.






