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Memory has the ability to encode, store and recall information. Memories give an organism the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as build relationships. Encoding allows the perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the brain and recalled later from short term or long term memory. Working memory stores information for immediate use or manipulation which is aided through hooking onto previously archived items alread...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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? To help you master the world of Internet and digital video, I have compiled a comprehensive, yet easy to understand ...

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 ...

Adobe Updates Flash 9 for HD Video H.264

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Flash® Player 9 Update 3 software, previously code named Moviestar. Adobe Flash Player 9 now includes H.264 standard video support, the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray® and HD-DVD® high definition video players, and High ...

Online Video Encoding Tool - Convert and Encode Any Format

This online video encoding service lets you encode videos for almost any formats to almost any format and they offer a REST-based interface that lets you do direct application integration. Videos can be uploaded directly from your local machine or accessed via sites like YouTube, ...