On-line Video Streaming Portal Set-up Available from Freeman Compression

Posted by Derrick on April 21, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

On-line Video Streaming Portal Set-up is available from Freeman Compression Inc. With On-line video becoming more popular, many organizations have a need for an On-line Video Streaming Portal. Let Freeman Compression create your On-line Video Portal and teach your staff how to keep it updated and how to add new video streaming content on-line. We’ll work with you to implement Windows Media, Flash Video, QuickTime or H.264 content in your video portal. Set-up of your On-line Video Portal can be done remotely and one of our consultants can come on-site to your location.

Apple QuickTime Streaming Server Great for Streaming to Mobile Devices

Posted by Derrick on March 21, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Apple QuickTime Streaming Server is great for streaming to mobile devices.  When it comes to Real-time Streaming using the RTSP protocol this streaming server is a great choice.  Since you can stream on HTTP Port 80 this makes the playback much easier on most smartphones that support streaming video.  With the QuickTime Streaming Server you can call .3gp or .3g2 videos up via an RTSP URL.  Just add a hyperlink when you’re authoring your web pages to throw the video you want to the appropriate media player. An added benefit of using Apple’s QuickTime Streaming Server is you can create 24/7 channels for streaming as well.

Wirecast Live Streaming Consulting

Posted by Derrick on March 5, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Wirecast Live Streaming consulting is available from Freeman Compression Inc.  If you’re working with Telestream’s Wirecast and need to deliver Live Streaming to QuickTime Streaming Server, Windows Media Streaming Server, Wowza Media Server 2, or a Content Delivery Network (CDN) give us a call for consulting services.  Freeman Compression Inc. can provide customized consulting for your next Live Streaming project with Wirecast.  Let us assist you with your Wirecast Live Streaming needs.  Contact us at 407.477.5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.

Freeman Compression is available for the following services:

• Live streaming set-up to Wowza Media Server 2 (Flash Streaming Server)
• Live streaming set-up to QuickTime Streaming Server
• Live streaming set-up to Windows Media Streaming Server (PC only)
• Live streaming set-up to Content Delivery Networks, Ustream and Livestream
• Archiving Webcasts to a Video File
• Setting up Publishing Points
• Live streaming using RTSP, MMS and RTMP Protocols
• Live encoding using various video sources
• Including PowerPoint, Keynote and .PDF presentations in your Webcasts
• Including Picture-N-Picture in your Webcasts
• Creating and using Lower Thirds during your Webcasts

Wirecast Supports Live Encoding to QuickTime Streaming Server

Posted by Derrick on February 27, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Telestream’s Wirecast supports Live Encoding to QuickTime Streaming Server. This is a good thing if you’re going to be delivering you Live Webcast to Apple’s QuickTime Streaming and you have a PC for your Live Encoder.  You can easily send your Live Stream to the QTSS in the H.264 flavor and customize the frame size, datarate, key frame interval, fps etc.  Since QuickTime Broadcaster is not available for the PC Wirecast provides a wonderful solution for Live Encoding to QTSS with many other added benefits.

Wirecast provides a more advanced level tool for Webcasting.  Not only does it support Live Encoding to QTSS but Wirecast (for PC) also sports Live Encoding to Windows Media Server, Flash Streaming Servers and many CDNs. With it you can encode from Fireware cameras attached via Firewire.  If you have separate Firewire cards installed you can switch between multiple Firewire cameras.  Multiple Live Streams can be sent to the same server/different servers and you can create an archive for on-demand viewing later during your Webcast. Wirecast also provides a full production switcher in software.  You can switch seamlessly between multiple cameras, multiple video sources, and Powerpoint presentations.

Lower thirds (name keys) can also be included during your Webcasts.  So you could have 10-15 or more lower third graphics called up as desired during your production.  Wirecast comes with many pre-made lower third templates saving you a tremendous amount of time in design.  Wirecast can also do nice transitions and dissolves between sources.  You can even do Picture-N- Picture. Wirecast is not free like QuickTimeBroadcaster but you will definitely get a superior tool for Webcasting along with the ability to solve the issue of Live Encoding to Apple’s QuickTime Streaming Server from a PC.

Wowza Demonstrates Latest Unified Media Streaming Innovations at CableLabs Winter Conference

Posted by Derrick on February 9, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Wowza Media Systems, the media server company,  demonstrated its unified media server, Wowza Media Server 2, at the CableLabs Winter Conference 2010 February 7-9th in Denver, Colorado.

Wowza was chosen to be among a group of companies that were present to demonstrate at the CableLabs Innovation Showcase during the conference. The showcase featured 12 companies, a combination of established and venture capital-stage companies, who presented and demonstrated cutting edge broadband technologies for the audience of predominantly cable technology executives.

Wowza’s demonstration highlighted how cable providers can cost-effectively deploy client agnostic WebTV and MobileTV infrastructures that encompass multiple player and device platforms, including Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight smooth streaming, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, and IPTV set-top boxes.

Wowza Media Server 2 is the first platform that allows streaming from one H.264 encode simultaneously to multiple players and devices. As a result, cable providers and other organizations serious about delivering video can slash capital and operational costs. By enabling simultaneous streaming to multiple clients from a single standard H.264 live encoder or file, Wowza Media Server 2 eliminates the need for separate client-specific encoders and media servers.

Wowza Media Server 2 is the only software on the market to natively implement concurrent streaming support for Adobe RTMP protocol suite, Apple HTTP Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, RTSP/RTP delivery for Apple QuickTime, mobile and other clients as well as MPEG-TS for IPTV set-top delivery.