Wirecast 3.5.1 has Flash Live Streaming Support

Posted by Derrick on April 4, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Telestream’s Wirecast encoding tool version 3.5.1 was already an amazing tool for live streaming but things just got better.  Now Wirecast has support for Flash live streaming in the H.264 flavor.  This brings a much needed improvement for those doing live encoding on the Mac platform.  One catch is you’ll need to have an Intel based Mac to have the new Flash encoding support.  PC users also benefit from the latest release but it’s not as important because PC users already have live encoding tools such as On2 Flix live and Flash Media Live Encoder to choose from.  Both On2 Flix live and Flash Media Live Encoder are not available on the Mac platform.  So, certainly the Wirecast 3.5.1 release will make Mac folks happy.  Buffering is also much better with this latest version.  For those doing live encoding with Wowza Media System’s Wowza Media Server Pro you can improve your buffer times for Flash Streaming by going with Wirecast over using QuickTime Broadcaster.  Many thanks to Telestream for the much need Flash Live encoding support for Mac users.

Real-Time Streaming to Smartphones Now Available

Posted by Derrick on March 6, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

The ability to delivery real-time streaming videos to Smartphones is now available.  If you would like to set-up your own streaming server to serve videos for mobile devices, you can do it.  You have the option to delivery real-time streaming videos in .3gp, .3g2 and .MP4 flavors for today’s Smartphones.  You can utilize Apple’s QuickTime Streaming Server and QTSS Publisher for providing On-demand streams as well as 24/7 live streaming channels.  Tools such as Telestream’s Episode, QuickTime Pro or Sorenson Squeeze can be used for encoding your videos for mobile devices.  The key for viewing real-time streaming content is to use one of the latest Smartphones.  Many of these devices allow you to click on .3gp, .3g2 and .mp4 links on a web page to view your streaming videos.  A lot of regular cell phones also support streaming media.

I like the following Smartphones for real-time streaming:

Blackberry Curve
Blackberry Storm
HTC – Touch Pro
Samsung Omnia