Posted by Derrick on May 5, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
Re-streaming IP cameras is a excellent feature of Wowza Media Server 2. There are so many great features available in the Wowza Media Server and this Flash Streaming Server allows users to do so much. What’s nice with the Wowza Media Server is you can build applications on top of applications. For example, you can create an application to re-stream an IP camera and then you can also set that application up for live recording of your IP camera. Here’s what I like about the Wowza Media Server 2. “You can think of the type of application that you’d like to create for streaming your video content, and then you can try to create it. It’s great when you can create what you’re thinking about.”, says Derrick Freeman, Instructor and Video Streaming Consultant for Freeman Compression Inc. The key is understanding how the Wowza Media Server 2 works. To learn more about re-streaming IP Cameras and other featurese of Wowza attend one of our Wowza Media Server 2 Training classes. Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.
Tags: applications, camera, cameras, classes, content, Flash Streaming Server, IP, re-stream, Re-streaming, training, Video, Wowza Media Server 2
Posted by Derrick on March 27, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Wowza Media Server 2 offers Media Security support for those that need to provide secure streaming of their video content. If you have content that you want to prevent others from viewing, you can do this using the Wowza Media Server. You can lock down content with Media Security for On-demand and Live Streaming content. You can also prevent who can send Live Streams to to the Wowza Media Server and force a password to be used for playback. For On-demand content, you can also force as password to be used for playback.
The Wowza Media Server 2 has many features and gives user the ability to be creative and build their own custom applications for delivering Live and On-demand Streaming content. To learn more on how to use the Wowza Media Server 2 attend one of Freeman Compression’s Wowza Media Server 2 Training Classes. Our company is also available for Wowza Media Server 2 Consulting. Give us a call at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.
Tags: 2, applications, consulting, content, Live Streaming, media, Media Security, on-demand, password, secure, Server, streaming, training classes, Video, Wowza
Posted by Derrick on January 31, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Teracue AG supplied Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk with the ENC-200 H.264 encoder and the DEC-200 H.264 decoder for the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver.
The ready-to-broadcast signal, which goes to ARD and/or ZDF is encoded with the ENC-200 into a compressed H.264 format and is streamed via an IP network into hotels in Vancouver to be distributed and decoded again there. This gives the editorial teams on site the chance to follow the Olympic Games in hotels where normally the ARD and ZDF signals are not available.
The decision to use the Teracue H.264 encoders/decoders in Vancouver was made due to the ENC / DEC-200 devices being very simple to operate using a web browser, the excellent picture quality with a low broadband bandwith, low latency as well as this product’s exceptional reliability.
The ENC / DEC-200 range was developed specifically for live streaming applications in which camera signals, DVD players or internal TV channels are transmitted live into the intranet or internet. The H.264 video encoder/decoder ENC / DEC-200 supports the real-time compression of video and audio formats.
Tags: applications, audio, compressed, Compression, decoder, ENC-200, encoder, encoders/decoders, formats, h.264, IP, IPTV, live, Real-time, streamed, streaming, Teracue, Video
Posted by Derrick on January 6, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
HaiVision Network Video announced the immediate availability of the latest MAKITO, a high performance HD H.264 encoder that now supports both component analog and DVI inputs. The MAKITO delivers low latency, full frame rate H.264 encoding of high definition video up to 1080p60, or computer graphics
resolutions up to 1280×1024 60Hz (SXGA). The new MAKITO complements HaiVision’s release
of the MAKITO-SDI earlier this year, which supports resolutions up to 1080p60 over SDI
(including SDI, HD-SDI, and 3G-SDI). The new MAKITO also eliminates the need for converters
or scalers when HD-SDI is not available.
“The MAKITO is evolving to support all high definition performance streaming applications,”
explains Mirko Wicha, president and CEO at HaiVision Network Video. “First we lead the way
with 1080p60 3G-SDI. Now we are following up to accommodate component video and full
frame rate computer graphics (DVI) encoding to H.264. The MAKITO is a very popular
platform.”
The MAKITO supports HiLo Streaming — the ability to emit both high and low bandwidth
streams for simultaneously addressing users with different bandwidth and computing resources.
The MAKITO also distributes 100 percent secure video through the Video Furnace System 5 IP
video system using AES 128 bit encryption.
HaiVision’s MAKITO, MAKITO-SDI, and BARRACUDA (for standard definition only) all share
the same form factor and are available as a very compact single encoder appliance or as a mini
blade that can be used within a 21-slot chassis that occupies only 4 RU. The product family now
supports all common input types and resolutions.
Tags: analog, appliance, applications, component, DVI, encoder, encoding, h.264, HaiVision, HD, High-definition, inputs, MAKITO, streaming, Video
Posted by Derrick on September 27, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Working with MPEG-1 muxed media files can be tricky but it can be easier using a tool like MPEG Streamclip. Every Multimedia Specialist should have this tool available.
A muxed MPEG-1 file is a MPEG-1 file that has the video and audio tracks mixed together. You can run into problems encoding these types of files using some compression applications. So it’s a good idea to demux the MPEG-1 file. Once you compress the video you can re-assemble the audio and video in Quicktime Pro. This will give you a seperate audio file. If you don’t have QuickTime Pro available then you can assemble your files in Final Cut Express or Final Cut Pro then export to QuickTime. It’s not the best work flow but it will work.
To demux your MPEG-1 file open your file in MPEG Streamclip and navigate to Demux to AIFF via the File pull-down menu. You don’t have to bother with Demuxing the video because when you compress your MPEG-1 muxed file in many cases you will get a video only file.
Tags: AIFF, applications, audio, compress, Compression, demux, Demuxing, encoding, files, media, mixed, MPEG, MPEG-1, muxed, Streamclip, tracks, Video
