Upcoming Wowza Media Server 2 Trainings for April and May

Posted by Derrick on April 20, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Freeman Compression Inc. has upcoming Wowza Media Server 2 Trainings On-line and in Orlando for April and May, 2010.  The Wowza Media Server 2 Training is available on PC, Mac and for Amazon EC2.

Here are some of the items that students will learn in the Wowza Media Server 2 Training:

• How to set up their Wowza Media Server 2 streaming server
• How to configure On-demand streaming
• How to configure Flash live streaming
• Flash encoding using the On2 VP6 codec
• Flash encoding using the H.264 codec
• Live Encoding from RTSP-based encoders
• Live Streaming to iPhone and iPod Touch
• On-demand Streaming to iPhone and iPod Touch
• How to use Wirecast to stream Live Flash video
• How to use Sawmill to analyze Wowza Media Server 2 log files

Contact us at 407.477.5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com for more details about the Wowza Media Server 2 training classes.

Wowza Media Server Consulting

Posted by Derrick on January 21, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Read the First Comment

Wowza Media Server 2 consulting is available from Freeman Compression Inc.  If you’re launching on-line video and you desire to implement Flash Video streaming, you can utilize the Wowza Media Server 2 for delivering your content. Freeman Compression Inc. can set up your Wowza Streaming Server either the PC or Mac platform. We can train you and your staff on how to use the server and how to configure the settings. Let us assist you both with Live Streaming and On-Demand streaming with Wowza Media Server 2.

Freeman Compression is available for the following services:

• Wowza Media Server 2 Set-up
• Configuring On-demand streaming
• Configure Flash Live Streaming
• Instruction on Flash .FLV encoding using the On2 VP6 codec
• Instruction on H.264 .MP4 encoding using the H.264 codec
• Live Streaming Set-up with Wirecast, or Adobe Flash Media Encoder
• Live Encoding from RTSP-based encoders
• Live Streaming to iPhone and iPod Touch
• On-demand Streaming to iPhone and iPod Touch
• Analyzing Wowza Media Server 2 and Wowza Media Server Pro logs with Sawmill Professional
• Authoring of Flash Streaming Content with Dreamweaver, JW Player, Flash Professional

Give us a call at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.

Playing .FLV files in RealPlayer SP

Posted by Derrick on January 19, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Read the First Comment

Playing Flash .FLV files in RealPlayer SP is very handy.   Many times when you’re encoding content for Flash video using the .FLV wrapper, you need to play your video to make sure it looks good.  Well, RealPlayer SP does this well and is available on both PC and Mac platforms.  You also can play .FLV videos in the player to see if your encode was successful in hitting your target datatrate.  Needless to say it’s great to have around.  So if you don’t have a player to view your .FLV videos your can set RealPlayer SP to open all your .FLV files.

To do this select any .FLV file and on the Mac click Command-I.

When the Get Info Window opens click the Open with Pop-up Window and choose RealPlayer.  Make sure you also click the Change All button to force RealPlayer to open all of videos.  Now you can enjoy viewing all of your .FLV videos in RealPlayer SP.

The process is very similar for doing this on a MAC or PC.

Analyzing Video Encodes with MediaInfo

Posted by Derrick on November 22, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Analyzing video encodes with MediaInfo is something that many video editors, videographers, producers and other media professionals should consider. You can use MediaInfo on a PC or Mac to analyze the total video or audio datarate as well as many other details of your output file.  You can view other information such as: Video Codec, Audio Codec, File Format, Frame Width, Frame Height, Frame Rate, Display Aspect Ratio.

Above is a screen capture of what is displayed when dragging an output file into MediaInfo.

Wirecast Live Streaming Great for Churches

Posted by Derrick on September 3, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Read the First Comment

Wirecast Live Streaming is a great option for Churches.  With limited budgets Churches can get the benefit of having a full video production studio on their desktop. Usually when you do a full scale production a video switcher is needed but Wirecast actually becomes that switcher.  This gives you a very inexpensive option to switch from videos for playback, camera sources, and presentations.  Wirecast includes a Preview and Program window so you can see which sources are in Preview and which ones are in Program (Live).

Now with using a tool such as Wirecast for Live Streaming you can think about your production for your Live Streaming event in a more professional way.  You need to plan on having a Director to switch your event and you should have a Producer that maps out all of the activity happening during your event.  Next, the Producer should create a script that has all of the speakers that will participate in the Live Streaming event.  He/She should also document all the cameras and sources to use during the production.  Lastly, the easy part is to follow the script and use Wirecast to do your switching.  If you’d like to get up close and personal with Wirecast make sure you attend one of our Wirecast Live Streaming Trainings or one of our Wowza Media Server Trainings. Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com for more information.

Also, If you are a Church that needs to deliver a lot of on-line video content and Live Streaming you should consider Creating TV Channel Style Live Streaming.  This gives you the power to have your own On-line Video Channel using Wowza Media Server 2.