Posted by Derrick on June 7, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
Class Summary:
The 1-Day Amazon EC2 Wowza Server Training teaches Flash On-demand and Live
Streaming set-up and other items associated with streaming on a Amazon EC2 Wowza instance . This class covers the video formats supported on the Amazon EC2 Wowza Server and what tools can be used for encoding. Learning to stream Live Flash video using Telestream’s Wirecast with the Amazon EC2 Wowza Server is a special topic covered in this training class. Students will also learn how to author web pages for Flash Streaming and how to take advantage of the cross-platform, cross-browser video playback support that Flash supports.
Students will learn in this training:
- How to Set up their Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
- How to Configure Ports for Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
- How to Set up Flash On-demand streaming
- How to Set up Flash Live streaming
- Video Formats Supported on Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
- Live Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
- On-demand Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
- How to use Wirecast to Stream Live Flash Video to Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
Software Featured for Class
- Amazon EC2 Wowza Server
- Wirecast
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Class Overview
1. Streaming Server Set-up
Your instructor will walk you through set-up of the Amazon EC2 Wowza Server for Flash real-time streaming. This section of the class will cover install, port configuration and test procedures to make sure the Amazon EC2 Wowza instance is functioning properly.
2. Wowza Media Server Overview
This portion of class provides students with an overview of how the Wowza Media Server works. In this training module the instructor teaches students about: Application.xml files, Vhost.xml files, Modules, Properties, Stream Types, AddOnPackages, HTTP Streamers, Live Streaming Packetizers and Content Storage.
3. Application Setup
This portion of the training teaches students how to utilize the available applications on the Wowza Media Server and how to customize their own applications for streaming. The hands-on instruction shared in this portion of the training allows attendees to successfully navigate and use Wowza Media Server 2.
4. Configuring On-demand Streaming
In this section of training, students will learn to set-up on-demand streaming for On2VP6 and H.264 content. Students will learn where to place on-demand videos the Amazon EC2 Wowza Server and how to reference on-demand streaming folders.
5. Configuring Live Streaming
This training module will cover the procedure for setting up live streaming on the Amazon EC2 Wowza Server. Students will learn all of the necessary configurations required for getting live streaming to work on the Amazon EC2 Wowza Server. This section of the class will teach students how to set-up live streaming using Wirecast and Flash Media Live Encoder.
6. Authentication for Live Streaming
In this training module students will learn how to create an application for Live Streaming that requires Authentication from the Live Encoder. This protects who can stream to your Wowza Media Server. In addition to creating your application, you will learn how to add users who have Live Streaming privileges.
7. Flash Encoding Using the On2 VP6 Codec
Learn how to encode Flash On2 VP6 content for real-time streaming for delivery from Wowza Media Server 2 on Amazon EC2. You will learn how to encode Flash On2 VP6 videos using Sorenson Squeeze 6. Your instructor will guide you through the different adjustments that need be made in the encoder and will teach you how to create great looking videos for streaming server delivery. Learn about key frame every, frames per second, frame sizes, audio codecs, and other compression adjustments in this portion of the training.
8. Flash Encoding Using the H.264 Codec
Learn how to encode Flash H.264 content for real-time streaming for delivery from Wowza Media Server 2 on Amazon EC2 . You will learn how to encode Flash H.264 videos using Sorenson Squeeze 6. Students will be guided through various adjustments that need to be made in the encoder and will learn how to create great looking videos for streaming server delivery. Learn about key frame every, frames per second, frame sizes, audio codecs, and other compression adjustments in this part of the training class.
9. Authoring Flash On-Demand Streaming Videos and Live Streaming Videos in Web pages
This portion of the training will teach students how to create web pages for Flash streaming videos. Many Video Editors and Multimedia professionals can encode their videos to the Flash video format, but don’t understand how to author their web pages to deliver Flash streaming videos. This class will teach you how. Students will learn how to author web pages for both Live Streaming and On-demand Streaming using the Amazon EC2 Wowza Server.
10. Analyzing Wowza Media Server Log files with Sawmill Professional
Students will learn how to analyze log files from Wowza Media Server. Also, learn where to locate the log files on Wowza Media Server. In addition, class participants will learn how to gather information from log files such as: domain names, session paths, most popular videos viewed, most popular viewing days, most popular viewing months, video playback errors, viewer demographics and other information.
11. Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
One of the features of Wowza Media Server 3 is that it allows video content providers the ability to delivery On-demand and Live Streams to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This class will show you how to configure your Wowza Media Server for streaming to the iPhone. The class covers set-up of both On-demand and Live Streaming to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Give us a call about signing up to attend one of our Amazon Wowza EC2 Trainings in Orlando or 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.
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Posted by Derrick on January 16, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Inlet Technologies, the leader in innovative solutions for digital media preparation, announced that AEG Digital Media has selected Inlet’s Spinnaker technology to power high-quality streaming of premium media and entertainment events from around the world.
Inlet’s Spinnaker family of live streaming solutions delivers broadcast-quality streams over the Internet to multiple screens and devices. With its built-in support for adaptive streaming protocols, Spinnaker generates high-quality streams that enhance online viewing of live action. Spinnaker creates a more interactive and personal online video experience for consumers, backed by exceptional video quality with DVR-like capabilities, multiple camera angles, embedded captions and URLs, and no stuttering, buffering, or other interruptions.With Spinnaker as a critical element of their technology infrastructure, AEG Digital Media has already facilitated and managed some of the largest online live events of the previous year, including: 2010 People’s Choice Awards; the first Hollywood Bowl show broadcast live on the Internet, the Los Angeles Philharmonic “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!” concert; Farm Aid 2009; Cirque Du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte’s One Drop Foundation Poetic Social Mission event, featuring a live stream from the International Space Station; MTV Latin VMAs; and Alicia Keys’ recent full-length concert on Google’s YouTube live music channel.
“The level of quality produced with Inlet’s Spinnaker supporting our technology backbone has helped accelerate our discussions with major broadcasters and premium content sites interested in replicating the same success and quality we’ve achieved with other events,” said John Petrocelli, vice president of business development and sales, AEG Digital Media.
“Our success working with AEG Digital Media provides a great opportunity to expand our expertise specifically in the entertainment-related market,” said Michael Barros, senior vice president of worldwide sales for Inlet Technologies. “The experts at AEG have been perfecting their digital processes for almost ten years now. The ease with which they were able to seamlessly integrate Spinnaker into their workflow is a testament to how simple and functional the product is to work with.
”With plans to deploy Spinnaker units to stream from the red carpet and behind the scenes at upcoming award shows and other events such as the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference, as well as streaming content to other devices such as the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, AEG Digital Media is well-positioned to deliver the highest quality content the industry has seen in ten years of live streaming. “We look forward to continue working with Inlet to bring premium media and entertainment events to the global market while ensuring the best quality of experience for viewers,” said Petrocelli.
Posted by Derrick on September 16, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Limelight Networks, Inc. announced that since the start of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season, the company has provided mobile audio streaming services to MLB Advanced Media for the award-winning MLB.com At Bat 2009 application offered on the iPhone and iPod touch.
“Limelight Networks is pleased to be working with MLB Advanced Media to help make the game more accessible to fans in more places by enabling a great mobile baseball listening experience in MLB.com At Bat 2009,” said Peter Coppola, vice president, product management, Limelight Networks, Inc.
The MLB.com At Bat 2009 application enables fans to listen to live broadcasts of every Major League Baseball game without blackout restrictions through the final game of the World Series. The application also includes MLB.com Gameday, which shows detailed pitch-by-pitch information, and a continuously-updated MLB scoreboard.
Posted by Derrick on August 18, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
HSN (hsn.com), the leading interactive lifestyle network and retail destination, announces the launch of a dynamic new application (“app”) for the Apple® iPhone™ and iPod® touch®. The 45 million subscribers to the devices who download the HSN Shop App now have the ability to view HSN programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, throughout the US. The launch creates the e-commerce industry’s first live-video “3-screen experience,” enabling consumers to browse and shop the network’s 35,000-plus array of products from home or on the go.
All the engaging highlights that HSN and hsn.com users enjoy are packed into the clever app, available for download at both the iTunes App Store and hsn.com. Live, ‘round-the-clock HSN TV (along with a library of original videos), the HSN Today’s Special, Items Recently Aired, and the many hosts, featured designers and their tens of thousands of products are among the familiar and favorite hallmarks of HSN programming that will be available through the mobile experience. Additionally, the HSN Shop App brings with it a set of new features, including the interactive shake2shop, which, with a simple shake of the device, generates random product recommendations as well as deals and promotions targeted at HSN’s mobile customers.
“Our customer is fashionable and discerning, and thrives on information, ideas and discovery,” says HSNi CEO, Mindy Grossman. “HSN strives to be the true multichannel experience, and this new iPhone app now allows our customer to take HSN with her, anytime, anywhere, and be that reliable, ‘on-the-go’ resource for lifestyle information she craves.”
The HSN Shop App also makes for a seamless transactional experience, allowing the user to call HSN directly or use the device’s browser to purchase an item. Items can also be saved for later purchase, or emailed to a friend.
While the HSN Shop App is supremely navigable and user-friendly,hsn.com will soon feature a tutorial that walks all new users through the app’s various fundamentals and features. To insure the optimal experience, the app will also evolve based on customer feedback.
“HSN truly leads the way in total convergence of its media technologies,” says Brian Bradley, EVP/ GM, HSN Online & Advanced Services. “The loyalty of our customer base has been predicated in large part on a unique ability to engage them in all aspects of their lives, and the addition of a mobile ‘third screen’ opens up an entirely new dimension for interaction.”
Inlet Technologies’ SpinnakerTM live streaming appliance provides the encoding backbone for the HSN Shop App’s streaming video. Spinnaker fully supports Apple’s HTTP adaptive streaming, which reduces buffering and other interruptions to create an exceptional viewing experience and diminish latency, helping HSN customers move through the purchasing process quickly. Inlet, the leader in advanced encoding solutions for new media, has been a HSN web streaming partner since 2008.
At launch, the HSN Shop App will be marketed via on-air promos run throughout HSN TV programming. Other promotional efforts will follow.
The HSN Shop App arrives amidst HSN’s ongoing multichannel convergence effort, which includes expansion of its Shop-by-Remote service and complete transition to high-definition (HD) format.
Tags: adaptive streaming, encoding, HTTP, Inlet Technologies, iPod touch, Live Streaming, Phone, solutions, Spinnaker, streaming, Video
Posted by Derrick on August 6, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Apple® announced the launch of the iTunes® Store in Mexico with an incredible selection of Mexican and international music from all the major labels and hundreds of independent labels. Launching with a catalog of millions of songs, the iTunes Store in Mexico features Mexican artists including Paulina Rubio, Vicente Fernández and Zoé and a wide range of international artists including Shakira, Lady Gaga, Green Day and thousands more. With most songs priced at 12 pesos and most albums at 120 pesos, the iTunes Store in Mexico is the best way for Mac® and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music online.
“The iTunes Store in Mexico is off to a great start with music from all of the majors and hundreds of indie labels,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “And the revolutionary App Store in Mexico gets bigger and better with great new apps using amazing new features, and we can’t wait to see what developers come up with next.”
The iTunes Store in Mexico joins the revolutionary App Store, which has more than 65,000 applications available to consumers in 77 countries, reaching tens of millions of iPhone™ and iPod touch® users around the world. Customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion apps and the recently released iPhone OS 3.0 software update includes over 100 new features like Cut, Copy and Paste; Spotlight® search; landscape keyboard and view; and expanded parental controls. Apps from the App Store work with both iPod touch and iPhone, including the new iPhone 3GS, the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet.
The iTunes Store offers music from all of the major labels and hundreds of independent labels including Warner Music, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music and Universal Music Group. All music on iTunes is available in iTunes Plus, Apple’s DRM-free format with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings. iTunes customers can also choose to download their favorite songs from the world’s largest online music catalog directly onto their iPhone over their 3G network for the same price as downloading to their computer. A great selection of music videos is also available for purchase and download, with most priced at 24 pesos.
Apple has made it easy for music fans in Mexico to purchase and enjoy music with iTunes Gift Cards, which can be purchased at national retailers including Liverpool, Mixup, Office Depot, El Palacio de Hierro, Sanborns and also at iShop, iStore and MacStore locations. iTunes Gift Cards are available in denominations of 200, 300 and 600 pesos.
Available starting today, exclusively on iTunes, fans can Countdown to the release of highly-anticipated new albums from Nelly Furtado, Sean Kingston and Jesse & Joy by purchasing and downloading advance songs from the albums as they are released on iTunes. Fans can then buy the albums on their release date at a reduced price based on songs they’ve already purchased with Complete My Album. Also, exclusive iTunes Live Sessions are available from Mexican artists including Plastilina Mosh and Motel, and also from a wide selection of international artists. And the iTunes Podcast Directory features over 150,000 free podcasts, including featured Mexican podcasts from Televisa, MVS Televisión, El Universal and Grupo Reforma.
With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as the ability to turn previously purchased tracks into complete albums at a reduced price, and seamless integration with iPod® and iPhone, the iTunes Store is the best way for Mac and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music and video online.
Tags: 3G network, AAC, Apple, download, encoding, encoding for audio, iPhone, iPod touch, itunes, music, Podcast, podcasts, store, Video, video online
