Sorenson Squeeze Encoding for Amazon S3

Posted by Derrick on August 7, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Sorenson Squeeze Encoding for Amazon S3 just got better.  Sorenson Media now has a version of Squeeze that works with Amazon Web Services.  Now instead of using alternative methods to upload your videos to your S3 bucket, you can use Sorenson Squeeze.  You can simply apply your Amazon Web Services publishing preset to your encodes in Sorenson Squeeze.  Here is where you can find the latest Amazon Web Services Edition of Squeeze.  To encode to your S3 bucket you’ll need your Bucket Name, Access Key and Secret Key.  This is a very exciting development for encoding for Amazon Web Services so enjoy.

Marvell Technology Integrates Sorenson Spark Video Decoder into Platform Solutions

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

Sorenson Media announced that the Sorenson Spark Software Developers Kit (SDK) has been licensed by Marvell Technology to incorporate the Sorenson Spark decoder in Marvell products. Sorenson Spark will be included in the company’s platform solutions designed to scale with set-top boxes, media players, e-readers, netbooks, smart phones, high-performance tablets and other advanced mobile devices.

Sorenson Spark is the industry’s most ubiquitous video codec and was the first codec used in Macromedia Flash, now Adobe Flash. The decoder exclusively enables the playback of hundreds of millions of videos on the Internet, including those on YouTube, the single largest online video destination today. The Sorenson Spark SDK allows developers to integrate the Sorenson Spark decoder into a wide array of programmable chipsets and semiconductors. The kit is designed to provide Sorenson Spark decoding on any platform, including custom silicon.

Marvell is a leading fabless semiconductor company with expertise in microprocessor architecture.   Marvell’s multiple platforms included networked Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, media players, mobile and wireless, and high volume storage solutions. These are used to power the complete value chain of mobile and wireless devices.

“Marvell is a technology leader, driving highly efficient and scalable platform solutions for consumers worldwide,” said Douglas Cebik, director of business development of Sorenson Media.  “Now, the company’s high performance mobile platforms will be able to play Internet video using the industry’s most common codec and consumers will enjoy more complete access to the full world of online video.”

Check out Sorenson 360 from Sorenson Media

Posted by Derrick217 on May 28, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Check out Sorenson 360 from Sorenson Media. For many that are needing video content delivery 360 might just be the thing. Version 2 supports many new features such as RTMP streaming and Video SEO. It has already supported password protection on videos, embed code options for content, permalinks and other features. You can use various player skins as well. Oh, I forgot to say that you can encode your videos in Sorenson Squeeze and automatically upload the videos to your Squeeze 360 video delivery service.

Sorenson Squeeze Training

Posted by Derrick217 on May 14, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Sorenson Squeeze Training is available at Freeman Compression Inc. to get individuals, companies or organizations familiar with Sorenson Squeeze 6. Squeeze is one of the most exciting and useful video compression tools and users can use it to encode to a number of streaming output formats.  One of the major benefits is you can output to Flash, Windows Media, H.264, Real Media, QuickTime.  Plus, you can even compress to QuickTime Authoring CODECs.  There’s a Preview, FTP after encoding and many other features in this tool.  If you haven’t used Squeeze or need to get training on it, attend one of our Sorenson Squeeze 6 Training classes.  There are On-line classes available for PC and Mac users.  You can also attend one of our trainings in Orlando or have training On-site at your location. Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression .com for more information.

Working with Sorenson Squeeze 6 and Flash Linked SWF and FLV Files

Posted by Derrick on May 12, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

When working with Sorenson Squeeze 6 and Flash Linked SWF and FLV files there are a couple of tutorials here on the blog that will help you.  There’s one for encoding Flash Linked SWF and FLV with Squeeze 6. Another is a tutorial that covers the web authoring process for delivering your video content on the web with Dreamweaver CS4.

Here are both tutorials:

Encoding Flash Linked Downloadable Streaming Videos with Squeeze 6

Authoring a Web Page for Flash Linked Downloadable Streaming with Dreamweaver CS4