Posted by Derrick on November 23, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
Mobile manufacturers should check out iPhone. This should almost be a prerequisite for any company building a smartphone with streaming media capabilities. Many of the latest mobile devices can play streaming video but many displays provide unacceptable viewing quality. This must get better. Content providers want their videos to have a superior showing for all delivery options. For this to happen many smartphones have a to get better in terms of processor, screen, and playback options. Now even though some companies might not want to implement Apple’s iphone streaming technology, the playback experience cannot be denied. Therefore mobile manufacturers should check out the iPhone if for nothing more than seeing their competition.
Posted by Derrick on September 5, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
FFmpeg for Encoding via the command line is really cool. I had a chance to dive into command line encoding with FFmpeg recently and it’s very interesting. The quality of video output to the H.264 codec is amazing. The application takes a little bit of work to set up and get the proper presets configured for H.264. However, once you get it going it’s very nice for one-off encoding jobs. I also noticed that the encoding process with FFmpeg happens very quickly. It’s the best tool I’ve seen so far for encoding to Smartphones. If you’d like to start using FFmpeg or get more information on the tool visit the FFmpeg website.
Posted by Derrick on August 28, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Processors and screen displays are two important elements for Mobile Streaming. The fact that many of the latest mobile devices support the H.264 codec is a great thing. Many of the most popular Streaming Servers also support streaming delivery of H.264. With these two items in place the responsibility now falls on the mobile devices that companies and making. To experience success in today’s mobile market with streaming Smartphones must get better.
Processing power is very important as the delivery of H.264 is more challenging than MPEG-4 on the decoding end. It’s great that many mobile devices are ready to delivery excellent streaming. However, there are many Smartphones that aren’t ready for ‘prime-time’. Outside processors, screen displays carry a heavy burden of making mobile streaming better. There are many Smartphones that have poor screen displays but it’s great that many have wonderful displays. As consumers look towards the option to watch streaming video on there mobile devices the successful ones will undoubtedly have better processors and screen displays. We should all be thankful for the companies that have already delivered to the market Smartphones with processors and displays perfectly ripe for mobile streaming.
Tags: H.264 codec, mobile, Mobile Devices & Technology, Mobile Streaming, Processors, Processors and screen displays, screen displays, Smartphones, streaming, streaming delivery, Streaming Servers, streaming video
Posted by Derrick on August 18, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Video Streaming Shifts to Mobile Devices and this is bringing plenty of excitement to video content providers and end users. Many are not only looking to provide video streaming experiences for viewers only on the desktop but many are now targeting Mobile Devices as well. This is great because now the latest Mobile Devices are ready for ‘prime-time’. The key to the streaming video revolution on Mobile Devices is many of the newest Smartphones support the H.264 codec, have powerful processors and can take advantage of 3G speeds. So the streaming landscape for Mobile Devices today is much different from many years ago when mobile connection speeds were much lower, many devices only supported MPEG-4 Part 2 and processors were not as powerful.
Now with these great Mobile Devices, video content providers will need to employ a Streaming Server that can assist with the streaming video delivery. Wowza Media Systems is positioned to be a winner of the sweepstakes for “Mobile Streaming Delivery” with their Wowza Media Server 2 Streaming Server. The Streaming Server supports video delivery to: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and a plethora Smartphones that support Real-time Streaming. The good news is that streaming experiences on Mobile Devices can only get better and it’ll be exciting to see the end user experiences that develop as Video Streaming Shifts to Mobile Devices.
Tags: H.264 codec, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, latest Mobile Devices, Mobile Devices & Technology, Real-Time Streaming, Shifts to Mobile Devices, Smartphones, Smartphones that support Real-time Streaming, streaming experiences on Mobile Devices, streaming landscape for Mobile Devices, streaming server, streaming video, video content providers, video streaming, video streaming experiences, Wowza Media Server 2, Wowza Media Systems
Posted by Derrick on March 23, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Envivio Inc. announced that its Three Screens solution based on the 4Caster C4 encoding system has been used to launch four new 3G-based Mobile TV implementations across China. These new multi-channel services, including deployments by China Unicom, Shanghai Mobile, Shanghai Telecom and Xin Huashe, offer live and video on demand TV options to millions of subscribers. Envivio will demonstrate its entire portfolio of solutions for Mobile, IPTV and Internet service delivery at CCBN 2010 (Hall 3, Stand 3401) in Beijing from March 23-25.
“Envivio’s flexible platform for Three Screens services enables operators to quickly deploy a solution that matches their specific service goals,” said Julien Signès, President and CEO at Envivio. “It enables them to easily bypass technical challenges and focus on developing compelling TV services that look great and serve to attract and retain subscribers.”
These latest deployments are built on the 4Caster C4 Three Screens encoder from Envivio, which supports high quality compression for H.264 and AVS, and an extensive array of network protocols including DTMB and CMMB. The flexible software design of the 4Caster C4 enables it to readily adapt to evolving standards and local requirement and as a result has been widely adopted in China where it supports delivery to all Three Screens.
Envivio 4Caster C4 provides mobile consumers with a smooth, first-rate viewing experience similar to what they expect from cable or satellite TV in the home. Using quality-enhancements such as Envivio Elite and Extreme codecs, 4Caster C4 optimizes video streams for each handset’s video resolution and aspect ratio, from budget 3G devices to the most advanced iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile and other smartphones. Advanced QoS with new adaptive bitrate streaming technologies ensures continuous viewing even under changing Wi-Fi or 3G network conditions. The flexible Envivio software architecture enables the company to readily add support for new devices and ongoing quality enhancements.
Tags: 3G, 4Caster C4, Android, encoder, encoding, Envivio, iPhone, mobile, Screens, Smartphones, streams, System, Three, TV, Video, Window Mobile
