Working with Encoding.com, Amazon S3 and Cloudfront

Posted by Derrick on July 2, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Working with Encoding.com, Amazon S3 and Cloudfront is what I had a chance to do recently. It was nice to work with the Encoding.com encoding service again. This service can make things extremely easy for novices especially if you have someone to set up encoding presets and other items for you. It terms of compression, I generally like to be up close and personal on the desktop with my compression tools but there are some things that I like about the Encoding.com service.

Project Goal: To provide a great viewing experience for 80 minute video lessons with Real-Time Streaming. The videos needed to play without interruption. Also we needed to provide 1-2 minute videos for Progressive Download.

Here are the tools used for the project:

Amazon S3
Amazon Cloudfront
Rackspace Cloud
Encoding.com
JW Player

Because of the project we decided to go with delivering Real-time Streaming of the 80 minute lessons with Amazon Cloudfront and Amazon S3. We also used the Cloudfront and S3 for the Progessive Downloads. What nice is the Amazon Cloudfront uses Adobe Flash Media Servers for Real Time Streaming. For delivery we implemented On-demand Dynamic Streaming for Real-time Streaming and went with a single datarate video for Progressive Download. We used 5 different dates for different types of viewers and the video dynamically switches based on users bandwidth. Rackspace was used for the source file location and JW Player was used for both Real-time and Progressive Download playback of the Flash video content.

Here’s what I liked about Encoding.com:

• Watch Folder Encoding
• FTP or Amazon S3 locations can be specified for Watch Folders
• Videos can be sent to FTP or Amazon S3 locations after encoding
• The ability to view encoding jobs in the Encoding Queue
• Watch Encoding Log

Here’s what I’d like to see improved with Encoding.com:

• The ability to specify naming conventions for Watch Folders
• The ability to apply multiple presets to Watch Folders
• More compression filters available

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.

Attend NAB to Learn About Video Streaming and Compression Tools

Posted by Derrick on April 3, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Attend NAB to Learn About Video Streaming and Compression Tools.  NAB is always an amazing event and is a wonderful place to get the details about some of the latest happenings with streaming and compression tools.  The conference for NAB is from April 10 – 15 and the Exhibits are from April 12 – 15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visit here to get a NAB free exhibits pass. There are always many popular companies is the video streaming and compression space at the event.  NAB is great place to get ideas and see what new tools are available to solve you enocoding or streaming media challenges.

Attend Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Chicago

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

Attend a Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Chicago, Illinois next week. The training will take place on March 19th, 2010 at the Courtyard Chicago Downtown/River North. If you’re in or near Chicago and need to get familiar with video streaming and compression, then make sure you attend the Free Episode Encoder, Wirecast and Sawmill Professional 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 perform log file analysis using Sawmill Professional. You can Click Here to Register for the Event in Chicago.

Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Cincinnati

Posted by Derrick on January 26, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

A free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 19, 2010.  The training Sponsored by Telestream and Flowerfire will be held at the Courtyard Cincinnati Covington.  The training will be taught by Derrick Freeman, Instructor and Video Streaming and Compression Consultant for Freeman Compression Inc. If you need to get familiar with video streaming and compression and live in Ohio, Kentucky, or Indiana, then make sure you attend the Free Episode Encoder, Wirecast and Sawmill Professional Training in Ohio. The training will get you up to speed with video encoding using Telestream’s Episode Encoder and webcasting with Telestream’s Wirecast.  Attendees will also learn how to encode videos for downloadable streaming and real-time streaming, plus learn about different compression methods such as 1-pass and 2-pass encoding.  You will also get familiar with analyzing log files using Sawmill Professional.  Sawmill can process hundreds of different log types and users will learn how to process Streaming server logs, Apache Server logs, FTP logs, and IIS Web Server logs and other log types in the Sawmill training session. Click Here to Register for the Event in Ohio.