Posted by Derrick on March 12, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
Attend a Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Chicago, Illinois next week. The training will take place on March 19th, 2010 at the Courtyard Chicago Downtown/River North. If you’re in or near Chicago and need to get familiar with video streaming and compression, then make sure you attend the Free Episode Encoder, Wirecast and Sawmill Professional Training. The training will get you up to speed with video encoding using Telestream’s Episode Encoder and webcasting with Telestream’s Wirecast. Attendees will learn how to encode videos for downloadable streaming and real-time streaming and also learn about 1-pass and 2-pass encoding as well as many other technical items related to video compression. The training day also includes Instructor and Video Streaming and Compression Consultant, Derrick Freeman, teaching attendees how to perform log file analysis using Sawmill Professional. You can Click Here to Register for the Event in Chicago.
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Posted by Derrick on February 12, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Telestream announced that it played a key technical role in bringing this week’s highly-acclaimed White House concert to television and web viewers. The concert, “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” broadcasted nationally on PBS stations February 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Concert highlights are available on PBS websites. MVI Post, Washington DC’s HD leader in production and post production, successfully posted the concert for TV and web audiences under an extremely tight turnaround thanks in large part to Telestream’s Pipeline video capture system and Episode Encoder.
“Pipeline solved our problem of how to digitize four HDCAM tapes simultaneously into our server,” reports an elated Craig Maniglia, MVI Post owner who was working under a tight 18-hour deadline. “We needed a quick and efficient way to import and export HDCam tapes into our server while utilizing all of our decks simultaneously. After considerable searching, we discovered Telestream’s Pipeline product, and the problem was immediately solved.”
Two Pipeline HD Dual video capture systems were used to simultaneously ingest 16 hours of content in four hours from four high-definition camera sources, without tying up Avid workstations. Pipeline encoded the sources to DNxHD in native Avid MXF files for use directly in post production. This enabled MVI Post to quickly edit and mix the video while the concert was still taking place. In a separate bay, Episode Encoder Pro provided fast transcoding of concert highlights into H.264 video and AAC audio formats for PBS websites.
“We’ve been using Telestream’s Episode Encoder Pro software for quite some time for all our transcoding needs, because it’s the best for delivering time-critical broadcast content with flawless execution to all new media playout devices,” added Maniglia. “So, it was a no brainer to turn to Telestream for help in solving our tape digitizing dilemma.”
“MVI Post presented the perfect challenge for Pipeline, with its need to simultaneously capture multiple channels of video for quick turnaround editing,” said Barbara DeHart, VP of marketing at Telestream. “Pipeline and Episode Encoder are ideally suited for fast-paced production environments requiring high-quality video ingest and reformatting for multiplatform delivery.”
“In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” was hosted by President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of Black History Month. The concert includes performances by Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, John Mellencamp, Blind Boys of Alabama, Yolanda Adams, Joan Baez, the Howard University Choir and The Freedom Singers. The program showcases the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation’s most famous home.
On the strength of its HD workflow augmentation and creative talent, MVI Post was awarded the post-production rights to the concert. The music special is a production of WETA Washington, D.C., in association with The GRAMMY Museum, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC).
MVI Post (www.mvipost.com) is a premier provider of HD digital media production on a local and national level for the web, broadcast, cable and radio. The company offers a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography with state-of-the-art post editing and mixing that consistently represents quality for its clients.
Posted by Derrick on January 26, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
A free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 19, 2010. The training Sponsored by Telestream and Flowerfire will be held at the Courtyard Cincinnati Covington. The training will be taught by Derrick Freeman, Instructor and Video Streaming and Compression Consultant for Freeman Compression Inc. If you need to get familiar with video streaming and compression and live in Ohio, Kentucky, or Indiana, then make sure you attend the Free Episode Encoder, Wirecast and Sawmill Professional Training in Ohio. The training will get you up to speed with video encoding using Telestream’s Episode Encoder and webcasting with Telestream’s Wirecast. Attendees will also learn how to encode videos for downloadable streaming and real-time streaming, plus learn about different compression methods such as 1-pass and 2-pass encoding. You will also get familiar with analyzing log files using Sawmill Professional. Sawmill can process hundreds of different log types and users will learn how to process Streaming server logs, Apache Server logs, FTP logs, and IIS Web Server logs and other log types in the Sawmill training session. Click Here to Register for the Event in Ohio.
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Posted by Derrick on January 11, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Attend a Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Orlando, Florida next week. The training will take place on January 22, at the Holiday Inn Express – Lake Buena Vista. If you’re in or near Orlando, Florida and need to get familiar with video streaming and compression, then make sure you attend the Free Episode Encoder, Wirecast and Sawmill Professional Training. The training will get you up to speed with video encoding using Telestream’s Episode Encoder and webcasting with Telestream’s Wirecast. Attendees will learn how to encode videos for downloadable streaming and real-time streaming and also learn about 1-pass and 2-pass encoding as well as many other technical items related to video compression. The training day also includes Instructor and Video Streaming and Compression Consultant, Derrick Freeman, teaching attendees how to perform log file analysis using Sawmill Professional. You can Click Here to Register for the Event in Orlando.
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Posted by Derrick on November 8, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Telestream announced that DnA Creative Services, a leading video production company in Louisiana has selected Episode® Encoder for Windows to address the company’s advanced encoding and content repurposing needs. DnA uses Episode Encoder for various applications such as convert video to MPEG for DVD, using QuickTime and Windows Media for emailing and uploading projects to clients, and Flash for embedding videos on client web sites. Episode Encoder makes it easy to import virtually any file format and encode media to Web, DVD, or mobile including portable device formats.
As a full-service media company that provides location filming, audio recording, and complete postproduction services, DnA needed a practical means of delivering TV commercials digitally to area television stations. Over the years, DnA has used several software encoders, including Sorenson Squeeze, but turned to Telestream’s Episode Encoder for Windows due to its flexibility to quickly encode a multitude of formats including high-quality broadcast formats.
One of DnA’s ongoing projects is a semi-annual modeling and talent competition. During the weeklong event, DnA does on-location editing and uses the Episode iPhone setting to quickly encode videos before showing them to event producers on the iPhone handset. With this flexibility, the producer can instantly provide approvals and comments before broadcasting on the large projection screen over the main stage, thus mitigating any additional costs for re-shoots. In addition to flexibility, DnA chose the Episode Encoder because it has the fastest encoding speeds available in a desktop video encoder, and its fine-tuning compression capabilities generate the highest-quality media files.
“Episode Encoder’s impact is much greater than the dollar value we charge for encoding video. With Episode, we are totally comfortable that the encoded video will be the highest quality and the process will be very quick and simple as opposed to the worry and work-around we would have had to go through with other encoding solutions,” said David Cardwell, Owner of DnA Creative Services.
DnA also credits using Episode to encode DVD-compliant video files, which cuts the company’s time to produce a master DVD in half. Even more significant, videos on the resulting DVDs look noticeably better and in the long run the company expects to see this directly impact its bottom line.
“The Episode line continues to deliver an unprecedented customer encoding experience, and we are delighted to have customer success stories of this nature,” said Barbara DeHart, VP of Marketing at Telestream. “The innovative work DnA Creative Services is doing as the result of Episode truly changes the way the company does business. The quick encoding speeds actually allow companies such as DnA to focus on its core competencies and in this instance, I would say, the product has not only out-performed the competition, but helps deliver peace of mind.”
