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Google To Acquire On2
Innovation mentioned as key reason for acquisition (8/5/2009)
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Commentary: Reflections From A Week At Stanford
After a week of immersion in the streaming world from a user's perspective, I came to several conclusions about online video platforms, H.264, cloud transcoding, and more. (8/3/2009)
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Streaming Gets Smarter: Evaluating the Adaptive Streaming Technologies
With adaptive bitrate streaming, companies can post a video and let the technology sort out the rest. So which product is best for you? (7/31/2009)
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Apple's New Final Cut Studio Offers Workflow, Output Improvements
The new Share command in Apple Final Cut Pro lets you bypass Compressor, while Compressor itself now features Job Actions for output directly to YouTube, MobileMe, and Blu-ray (7/23/2009)
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Streaming Media East: Pre-Conference Workshops Provide Practical Solutions
Workshops focusing on Silverlight, H.264, Flash, and video blogs provided attendees with detailed insights and hands-on experience. (5/12/2009)
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NAB 2009 Highlights
Attendance was down, but that was good news for people who made the trip to NAB this year. Easy access to vendors provided plenty of "eureka" moments, particularly in the areas of mobile video and automated transcoding. (4/28/2009)
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Scalable Video Coding: The Future of Video Delivery?
With content publishers needing to target more and more devices with the same pieces of video, the need is increasing for a solution that efficiently delivers multiple resolutions and bitrates. The Scalable Video Codec extension to H.264 is looking like the best bet. (4/7/2009)
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HaiVision/Video Furnace Merger Brings Live HD Streaming to the Forefront
The combination of HaiVision and Video Furnace shows the potential synergies between hardware and software in the H.264 streaming realm. (2/27/2009)
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Testing YouTube's 720p HD Encoding
What happens when the biggest user-generated content site in the world adds its version of high-definition video? Here's a look under the hood of YouTube's 720p H.264 encoding. (2/26/2009)
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Hitchhiker’s Guide to Streaming Media : Container Formats
Container formats are one of the most misunderstood aspects of streaming video and audio technology. Here's a basic explanation. (2/15/2009)
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The H.264 Licensing Labyrinth
Confusion and consternation abound over H.264 licensing terms. Here's a brief overview. (2/12/2009)
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Nonlinear Video Editors for Streaming Postproduction
The last year saw developments—some big, some small—to all of the major nonlinear video editing platforms. Here's a look at the latest word from Adobe, Apple, Avid, and Sony. (2/11/2009)
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Back to Basics: H.264 Licensing Terms
Confusion and consternation abound. Here's a brief overview and analysis of H.264 licensing terms. (12/12/2008)
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The HD Showdown: Codec Vendors Battle It Out for Supreme Quality
Microsoft, On2, and Jan Ozer square off to determine which codec produces the highest quality video: VC-1, VP6, or H.264. (12/11/2008)
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So Many H.264 Codecs, So Little Time
Unlike the quality of either WMV or VP6-based Flash files, which are relatively homogenous due to their common origin, the quality of H.264 video varies depending upon who developed the codec and, to a lesser degree, the encoding tool. Here's a comparison of H.264 files produced using codecs from Apple, Dicas, and MainConcept. (8/26/2008)
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Streaming Media Podcast #20: All-Stars and Format Wars
The first in a series of podcasts with Streaming Media All Stars, this spirited discussion with Nico McLane includes Jan Ozer and several opinions on Windows Media, Flash, H.264 and the needs of enterprise users. (7/11/2008)
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It's All in the Delivery: A Look at the Top Video Players of Today and Tomorrow
Today's media players are advancing broadcast media by leveraging the internet as a delivery medium. As such, these technologies are now becoming disruptive far beyond the confines of the web.
(7/3/2008)
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Cracking the H.264 Codec
H.264 is undoubtedly the hottest codec around, but there are inherent market forces that complicate producing files that meet the needs of your target playback device or player. These include the fact that there are multiple H.264 codecs available, each with different configurable parameters, and that each H.264 encoding tool reveals a custom set of compression options. (6/23/2008)
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Under the Hood: File Analysis Tools for Streaming Video
For the most part, streaming files provide a pitiful amount of useable data,
which makes programs that provide insight to the content of these files invaluable to compressionists. Depending upon your needs and operating system, there are a number of programs—most free, some at a price—that may fit the bill quite nicely. In this article, we look at a several such programs, including Apple’s QuickTime Pro, Steve Greenberg’s GSpot Codec Information Appliance, Inlet Technologies’ Semaphore, Jerome Martinez’s MediaInfo, and Sliq Media’s WMSnoop.
Tues., June 17, by Jan Ozer (6/16/2008)
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Review: Rhozet Carbon Coder 3
"Impressive" turns out to be a good adjective for the version 3.0 update in general, which significantly improves an already highly competent product. Rhozet has made several useful streaming-codec-related improvements, enhanced watch-folder functionality, and improved the program's interface. Encoding trials immediately revealed that Carbon Coder remains highly tuned for fast, multiprocessor efficiency. (6/15/2008)
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Alternative Flash Servers Follow H.264 Path
Last week Wowza introduced live H.264 capability in a preview version of Wowza Media Server Pro; Red5 promises live H.264 to come in an upcoming release of Red5 Server. (3/25/2008)
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Google To Acquire On2
Innovation mentioned as key reason for acquisition (8/5/2009)
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Commentary: Reflections From A Week At Stanford
After a week of immersion in the streaming world from a user's perspective, I came to several conclusions about online video platforms, H.264, cloud transcoding, and more. (8/3/2009)
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Streaming Gets Smarter: Evaluating the Adaptive Streaming Technologies
With adaptive bitrate streaming, companies can post a video and let the technology sort out the rest. So which product is best for you? (7/31/2009)
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Apple's New Final Cut Studio Offers Workflow, Output Improvements
The new Share command in Apple Final Cut Pro lets you bypass Compressor, while Compressor itself now features Job Actions for output directly to YouTube, MobileMe, and Blu-ray (7/23/2009)
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Streaming Media East: Pre-Conference Workshops Provide Practical Solutions
Workshops focusing on Silverlight, H.264, Flash, and video blogs provided attendees with detailed insights and hands-on experience. (5/12/2009)
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NAB 2009 Highlights
Attendance was down, but that was good news for people who made the trip to NAB this year. Easy access to vendors provided plenty of "eureka" moments, particularly in the areas of mobile video and automated transcoding. (4/28/2009)
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