Posted by Derrick on December 8, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
Increase audio levels for streaming video if you want most viewers to have a great on-line experience. Many video content providers need to keep this in mind because all viewers don’t have amplified speakers. So to improve the audio for your streaming media, give your audio a boost by normalizing or adjusting the audio levels. This will allow your audio to be heard much better on most workstations.
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Posted by Derrick on December 5, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Flash Media Live Encoder 3.1 Supports Multiple Bit-rates. For those delivering Flash Live Streaming with this encoder it’s a great thing. Sometimes you need to delivery streaming media to different types of audiences and the multiple bit-rate option helps tremendously. Flash Media Live Encoder is available for Mac and PC platforms and supports up to 3 different bit rates. What makes this feature great is that you get this type of support from a Free Flash Live Encoder.
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 October 28, 2010 under Industry News |
Highwinds, a leader in content delivery, network and IP services, announced that its StrikeTracker console was selected as the winner in the Reporting and Analytics category of the 2010 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards. This year’s winners of the influential annual awards for the European online video industry were announced yesterday at a reception during Streaming Media Europe in London.
“The finalists in the 2010 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards are a real who’s-who of the online media industry, both in terms of established players and up-and-comers,” said Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, editor of Streaming Media Magazine. “What’s most significant about these awards is that they’re the only ones voted on by the people who actually use these technologies and services every day. The fact that more than 3,400 voters cast more than 12,700 votes — meaning that, on average, each voter cast a vote in three or four categories — is a testament to the impact that these companies and their products have had on the lives and work of their customers.”
Highwinds was also announced as a finalist in the best Delivery Network category.
This is not the first time that Highwinds’ StrikeTracker has received recognition from Streaming Media. In 2009, the magazine selected the content management and reporting console as one of the top ten innovations in video streaming.
On Nov. 2, Streaming Media will announce the winners of the Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards (non-European edition) at Streaming Media West in Los Angeles. Highwinds was nominated in four categories for those awards:
1. Best Streaming Innovation 2010
2. Best Online Video Company 2010 – Technology
3. Global CDN
4. Reporting and Analytics Solution
Posted by Derrick on October 5, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
All eyes are on streaming to mobile devices. Around 2004 there was an explosion in regards to streaming video. Just a few years prior around 2001 you had to actually to search for streaming video content and sometimes you still couldn’t find it. Well those days are over. Streaming video is available everywhere on the desktop and now the primary target is the mobile device. This brings lots of excitement as well as a new twist for those content providers already delivering streaming media. Most content providers are already implementing streaming to mobile or at least talking about it.
What’s nice about streaming delivery to mobile devices is that we’re finally seeing the benefit of having a streaming standard such as MPEG-4. What were seeing today is much different from the desktop streaming format wars with Windows Media, Flash, Real Media and QuickTime. What’s leading the way is H.264 which makes up Part 10 of the MPEG-4 Standard. Many of the latest devices support H.264 which is key to providing exceptional quality at low datarates as well interoperability within mobile devices. Just by having the option to move to delivering streaming video on mobile devices using H.264 and not MPEG-4 instantly improves the overall streaming video quality to many devices. The mobile manufacturers deserve much credit for improving processors with their devices along with including the support for H.264. Now the stage is set with all eyes on streaming to mobile devices. Let the next streaming explosion begin.
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