Distribute Expertise: Encoding Survival Kit

By Jan Ozer

Suppose you've just encoded multiple Windows Media, Flash, or H.264 streaming files for a quality-conscious client. Call it 40 files, averaging 5 minutes...


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Distribute Tools: Digital Rapids

With video playback on mobile gear the next big thing, you should make sure your new encoder can handle the latest standards. At NAB Show 2008, Digital...


Distribute Tools: Kulabyte and Mogulus

With creating video for the Web becoming part of any producer's options, inventive solutions now offer easier-to-use web-broadcasting possibilities. Mogulus,...


Distribute Tools: Gotuit

As video clips multiply on the Web by the thousands daily, how is anyone going to find yours? Improved use of metadata is one good approach. For that,...


Encoding Best Practices, Part 2

In the previous installment, you read about which streaming codecs major broadcasters and corporate producers were using. Now you’ll see the results of some quality comparisons that I presented at Streaming Media East in New York last month...


Encoding Best Practices, Part 1

This month I take a break from our HD production chores to look at streaming-related issues. In this first installment, I’ll share the results of a survey I recently completed that details the best practices of high-profile broadcast and corporate streaming producers, examining options such as codec choice, video resolution, audio and video data rates, and frame rate...


Distribution U

Majoring in film is not your mother and fathers major anymore. That undeniable quote came from a conversation with David Franko, the program director...


Distribute Tools: VBrick Systems

In our on-the-move age, having gear that allows you to produce video on location and then transmit it becomes ever more useful. VBrick Systems has a product...


Distribute Tools: ViewCast

With digital technology more compact and powerful than ever, compact media production for the Web is taking off. Introduced at NAB Show 2008, the GoStream...


Distribute Tools: Blackmagic Design

Well, Blackmagic Design has done it again, coming up with a smart new product at a lower price point that solves a real production problem. The Blackmagic...


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