Free Wirecast and Episode Encoder Pro Training in Las Vegas

Posted by Derrick on March 29, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Read the First Comment

Free Wirecast and Episode Encoder Pro Training takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday, April 10, 2010. The training will take place at the Courtyard Las Vegas Convention Center. If you’re going to be in Las Vegas before NAB starts and need to get familiar with video streaming and compression, then make sure you attend the Free Episode Encoder Pro and Wirecast Training. The training will get you up to speed with video encoding using Telestream’s Episode Encoder and webcasting with Telestream’s Wirecast. Attendees will learn how to encode videos for downloadable streaming and real-time streaming and also learn about 1-pass and 2-pass encoding as well as many other technical items related to video compression. The training day also includes Instructor and Video Streaming and Compression Consultant, Derrick Freeman, teaching attendees how to set up Windows Media and Flash Live Streaming using Telestream’s Wirecast. You can Click Here to Register for the Event in Las Vegas.

Episode Engine for Split and Stitch Encoding on the Mac

Posted by Derrick on October 2, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Organizations and companies can consider Telestream’s Episode Engine for Spit and Stitch encoding on the Mac.  This encoding feature is one of the coolest I’ve seen because it takes advantage of cluster encoding.  With Episode Engine you can build your own cluster with computers and XServes on your network.  For those that are interested in high volume ultra fast encoding on the Mac platform using your internal network, Episode Engine is definitely something to consider.  With Telestream’s Episode Engine you can submit a video file to one of your designated Watch folders and then Engine can divide the video up amongst the encoding nodes in your cluster.  This makes the encoding process for each file much faster.  You could literally have 5 Xserves working on encoding one 30 or 60 minute video file.  So encoding 50 videos goes much faster than real time.

Here’s a glimpse of what Split and Stitch looks like.  The above image shows the video file divided into 8 sections and then each part can be sent to a node.  Once all of the 8 sections have finished encoding the file is brought back together into one file.  Split and Stich is great for long form content and for those that want to get video content on-line in the shortest amount of time.