Posted by Derrick on August 31, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
Sorenson Squeeze supports video capture. This can be very beneficial for those that need fluid video compression workflows. If you have a FireWire video camera or device attached to your Sorenson Squeeze workstation, then you can capture your videos directly into Squeeze. On the PC the videos will be captured in as DV .avi files and on the Mac DV .mov files. If you have a video compression project where you have several ‘worker bees’, you can have them fulfill the video capture process. Later you can have your primary compressionist do the video encoding. The good news for Squeeze users is the video capture feature is supported all the way back to Version 3 of Sorenson Squeeze.
Posted by Derrick on July 1, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Gomez, the Web performance division of Compuware, was looking for an online video platform (OVP) that could scale flexibly with its growing online video needs. The company selected Sorenson Media’s OVP, Sorenson 360, to quickly create and deliver high-quality online video content for its website and integrate seamlessly with WordPress.
Gomez’s industry-leading solutions for optimizing the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications are used by more than 3,000 customers worldwide, ranging from small companies to large enterprises – including 12 of the top 20 most-visited U.S. Web sites.
“Many of the world’s leading companies rely on Gomez to help them increase revenue, decrease costs and build brand loyalty by optimizing the performance, availability and quality of their Web and mobile applications,” said Kirk Punches, vice president of sales and business development for Sorenson Media. “Gomez chose Sorenson 360 to address the company’s online video needs and meet all of its website’s online video challenges.”
Gomez required an OVP that provides control of the management and hosting for its archived files, and a more effective way to implement its own registration process. In addition to its Archived Webinar video content, Gomez wanted reliable solutions for the development and online delivery of its marketing videos, which incorporate both Flash animation and traditional video images.
“Sorenson’s scalable product enabled us to enter into online video gradually,” said Tarah Cammett, director of marketing for Gomez. “We received excellent quality and results from the Sorenson Squeeze client-side encoding solution, so we decided to evaluate Sorenson 360 online video platform to address our online video challenges.”
Customers can use the gold-standard Sorenson Squeeze client-side encoding application to easily compress and upload videos directly to Sorenson 360, ensuring maximum control and industry-best online video quality.
The flexibility and scalability of Sorenson 360’s features and pricing enabled Gomez to seamlessly transition through three successive stages of video deployment on its site. In the first, exploratory stage, Gomez added a few smaller videos to its site, which enabled the company to minimize expenses while evaluating the response and viewing patterns of site visitors.
Encouraged by brisk viewership during this first stage and Sorenson 360’s ease of use, the company upgraded its service to include more and larger video files to accommodate increasing numbers of viewers. The accelerating viewership and the seamless transition with Sorenson 360 emboldened the company to enter its third and current stage, with an increasing emphasis on customized videos and the incorporation of RTMP streaming. This final stage of heightened video content and quality has driven significant increases in video views and overall site traffic for Gomez.
Tags: client-side, compress and upload videos, encoding, mobile applications, online video, online video platform, RTMP streaming, solution, Sorenson 360, Sorenson Media, Sorenson Squeeze, web, WordPress
Posted by Derrick on November 22, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Sorenson Media announced that its Sorenson Squeeze application won the 2009 Streaming Media magazine Readers’ Choice Award for Encoding Software under $1,000 for the third year in a row. In addition, the Sorenson 360 Video Delivery Network was one of only three finalists in the online video platform category just six months after its debut.
“The Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards are the only awards of their kind in the online video industry,” said Streaming Media magazine editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen. “While other awards focus exclusively on content, this is the only awards program that honors the technology that makes it all possible, and it’s definitely the only one where the people decide who wins. And this year, more than 5,000 votes were cast for more than 200 nominees. Clearly, people care deeply about the tools they use to get their jobs done.”
Sorenson Squeeze is widely recognized as the industry’s gold standard video encoding software and enables users to quickly and easily encode video files for online, DVD or mobile delivery in the largest selection of formats, including Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4, and in HD for MPEG-2, Flash, VC-1, and H.264 formats. Introduced in May 2009, the Sorenson 360 Video Delivery Network provides users a simple and powerful online video platform to affordably publish the highest quality video content on the Internet.
“We are thrilled to be recognized by the readers of Streaming Media magazine for the third year in a row, especially because this award comes directly from those who use the software most, which is the best endorsement we could ask for,” said Peter Csathy, president and CEO of Sorenson Media. “Being recognized in both categories further illustrates the power of our solutions and the loyalty of our customers. We continue to focus on their needs and are absolutely dedicated to continue providing the highest quality and easiest to use video publishing solutions that meet their needs.”
Streaming Media magazine released the winners of its annual Reader’s Choice Awards at the special reception at Streaming Media West 2009. More than 5,000 Streaming Media magazine and streamingmedia.com readers voted on this year’s award nominees. Readers cast their votes on the top performing vendors in each of 22 different categories related to online video and streaming solutions in today’s marketplace.
Posted by Derrick on October 30, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Freeman Compression Inc. is looking for Trainers in Rome, Italy that can teach video streaming and compression training classes.
Trainers with expertise in the following are needed:
Go Stream Surf
Sorenson Squeeze
Episode Encoder Pro
Wirecast
Video and Audio Podcasting
Video Streaming
Video Compression
Sawmill Professsional
Authoring Streaming Videos with Dreamweaver
Streaming Servers
We can be reached at 407.477.5837 or by email at info@freemancompression.com.
Tags: Audio Podcasting Sawmill Professsional, Authoring, Compression, dreamweaver, Episode Encoder Pro, Go Stream Surf, Italy, Sorenson Squeeze, Streaming Servers, Trainers in Rome, training classes, Video, Wirecast
Posted by Derrick on October 18, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Sorenson Media announced that the latest versions of Avid video editing solutions – Media Composer(4.0), Symphony (4.0) and NewsCutter (8.0) – integrate Sorenson Squeeze 5, providing users a seamless process for editing and encoding the highest quality video content in the most popular formats. Through Sorenson Squeeze’s unique integration with the Sorenson 360 online video platform, Avid customers may further benefit from a workflow solution that enables users to seamlessly edit, encode and publish the highest quality video online.
This most recent product offering is the latest in a six-year relationship Sorenson Media has maintained as the encoding tool integrated with Avid software. As the gold-standard video encoding application, Sorenson Squeeze enables editors, producers and filmmakers who use Avid video editing software to easily deliver video in all of the most popular video formats, with advanced encoding options and superior results.
“Avid is dedicated to providing customers the highest quality video solutions that help them achieve their creative vision. By integrating our industry-leading editing software with the newest versions of third-party applications like Sorenson Squeeze, we help deliver the ultimate creative toolset.” said Mark Overington, vice president of product management at Avid. “Our customers have asked for a seamless all-in-one workflow and we continue to work with industry partners to extend the existing capabilities of our editor solutions for added functionality throughout the post-production process.”
Through the Avid software interface, video editors are able to send their video files directly to Sorenson Squeeze for encoding without adding any additional steps. Using Sorenson Squeeze’s simple workflow, users can output content in a wide variety of formats, including Flash, QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, for online, DVD or mobile delivery. The software also encodes in HD for MPEG-2, Flash, VC-1, and H.264 formats. Video professionals can compress and encode multiple files simultaneously and apply advanced pre-processing filters to produce higher quality video.
Additionally, the latest version of Sorenson Squeeze integrates seamlessly with the Sorenson 360 online video platform. This unique process creates an all-in-one editing-to-publishing solution for Avid customers, enabling them to efficiently publish videos of the highest-quality to the Web without adding any additional steps to their workflow. Once uploaded to Sorenson 360, users can easily deliver their video content to any Web site by cutting and pasting an automatically generated embed code and gain access to powerful analytics and other video management tools.
“We are thrilled that Sorenson Media continues to enjoy a strong relationship with Avid as the encoding tool of choice for their exceptional editing applications,” said Peter Csathy, CEO of Sorenson Media. “With the integration of Sorenson Squeeze – and, in turn, the additional Sorenson 360 platform – Avid customers are able to edit, encode and publish their videos efficiently on the Web or prepare the best quality videos for mobile media playback, DVD and other uses.”
