Topic - Online Video & encoding
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.
Optimal Bitrate Calculator for Flash Video Encoding
For those of you that are unaware, there is an excellent FLV bitrate calculator tool from Adobe that does an excellent job of helping you determine the optimal bitrate at which to encode your Flash video files. I don’t usually post such a short snippet of info, but this tool was one that I had to let you all know about.
Optimal Frame Dimensions for Flash Video Encoding
There are many different factors that contribute to visual quality when encoding compressed video for the web. One factor that is often overlooked has to do with encoding blocks and what dimensions you choose when encoding video. Choosing non-optimal dimensions can result in poor visual image quality and reduced frame rate.
New Cloud-Based Video Encoding Web Service
In 1999 encoding.com offered a service whereby they hand coded and archived source video content that was sent in by customers in video tape format. Just last month, encoding.com relaunched their service as a new and robust SaaS (Software as a Service) video encoding platform.
Overview of Digital Video File Formats
The wonderful world of digital video is drowning in a sea of alphabet soup. Do you get frustrated not knowing an .avi from an .flv?
How to Encode H.264/MPEG-4 Videos for Video Sharing
These guidelines will ultimately present a compromise between maintaining a small file size (less than 100MB for Youtube) and maintaining as much original information from the video content itself as possible to ensure the highest quality result. While this is our recommendation specifically for encoding for use on Youtube, these settings should be good overall for most other video sharing sites as well.
