DVR Support Available with Wowza Media Server 3

Posted by Derrick on January 18, 2012 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

DVR support is now available with Wowza Media Server 3.  For those users that currently have Wowza Media Server 2 they can learn how to use the Wowza nDVR AddOn by attending one of our 1-Day Wowza Media Server Trainings or Wowza Media Server 3 Overview Training classes.  The Wowza Overview Training class is designed for our students that have already attended one of our Wowza 2 classes and need to only learn about the new Wowza 3 features and the process for upgrading their server. The DVR feature within Wowza can be used during Live Streaming and allows users to rewind a Live Stream.  The Wowza nDVR AddOn is available for purchase from Wowza Media Systems.

Give us a call about signing up to attend one of our Wowza Media Server Trainings On-line. Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.  Individuals from any country can attend our On-line training classes.

Learn How the Wowza 3 Transcoder AddOn Works

Posted by Derrick on January 16, 2012 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Learn how the Wowza 3 Transcoder AddOn works by attending one of our 1-Day Wowza Media Server 3 Training classes. The Transcoder AddOn, available for purchase from Wowza Media Systems, allows content to be converted on the fly during Live Encoding. This is great because you can encode content into multiple data rates or into a format supported by Wowza Media Server 3.

Give us a call about signing up to attend one of our Wowza Media Server Trainings On-line. Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.  Individuals from any country can attend our On-line training classes.

Setting Up Flash Media Server 4.5

Posted by Derrick on September 25, 2011 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Setting Up Flash Media Server 4.5 is much easier than it was in back in 2006. This is great for those that need to get familiar with Flash Streaming and would like to use Adobe’s platform. This will benefit many users that are familiar with streaming on Wowza Media Server. If you can create applications with Wowza Media Server then you’ll be able to them on Flash Media Server 4.5.

For basic set-up of Live Streaming and On-demand Streaming with a graphical user interface Flash Media Server 4.5 will great for users. More advanced concepts will be more challenging and will take more testing. I’ll be sharing my experiences as I get acclimated with Flash Media Server 4.5. This will be helpful for many, so stayed tuned.

Accordent Presenter Pro for Syncing Slides in Webcasts

Posted by Derrick on April 29, 2011 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Accordent Presenter Pro is a great solution for Syncing Slides in Webcasts. This webcast solution is a great route to go with if you have a large budget available and want to be finished once the webcast is over. Webcasting with Presenter Pro supports three flavors of streaming: Flash, Real Media and Windows Media.

Here are some things to keep in mind if you move forward with Syncing Slides in Webcasts with Presenter Pro:

• You’ll convert your PowerPoint Slides prior to your webcast
• A yearly support contract will be needed for Accordent Presenter Pro tech support
• There is a little post clean up work that might be needed after the webcast
• Someone will need to advanced through the slides to perform the Syncing.

Overall, budget and post webcast work will determine whether you’ll take the Accordent Presenter Pro approach.

Windows Media Encoder Handy for Compressing to WMV

Posted by Derrick on March 21, 2011 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Windows Media Encoder Handy for Compressing to WMV.  Even though this compression tool has been around for a while it’s free and might prove helpful for compressing .AVI files to .WMV files.  With Windows Media Encoder you can do a custom encode of source files for the compression. The encoding time will be based on how long your video files are. Creating .WMV files could be really useful if you’d like to import videos into a PowerPoint presentation.