Attend Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Orlando

Posted by Derrick on January 11, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Attend a Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Orlando, Florida next week.  The training will take place on January 22, at the Holiday Inn Express – Lake Buena Vista.  If you’re in or near Orlando, Florida 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 Orlando.

Sorenson Media Honored as Top Online Video Company

Posted by Derrick on December 21, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Sorenson Media announced that it has been named among the top online video companies of 2009 by FierceOnlineVideo. Released annually, the “Fierce 15” recognizes companies that provide the “skeleton, muscle and flesh of the online video industry.”

In his article, Editor Jim O’Neill highlights Sorenson Media’s rich history of innovation in the online video industry as well as its profitability, a unique quality among competitors in its space. Sorenson Media’s tools and services have been used by the largest companies, including Apple, Adobe and YouTube, and Sorenson Squeeze remains the gold-standard video encoding application.

“Video encoding stalwart Sorenson Media has been around since, well, online video’s Dark Ages,” O’Neill writes, “and it’s done something few of its competitors have managed to do: it’s made money.”

Last month, Sorenson Media released Sorenson Squeeze 6, which provides users a number of new features that make the process of encoding and publishing video easier, including new review and approval capabilities and the ability to publish video directly to multiple sites, such as YouTube, Twitter and Sorenson Media’s own Sorenson 360 online video platform. In May 2009, the company launched Sorenson 360 to enable users to more affordably and easily publish the highest quality video content on the Internet through seamless integration with Sorenson Squeeze.

“Being named to the Fierce 15 is a considerable achievement for the company and caps an outstanding year for our team,” said Peter Csathy, president and CEO of Sorenson Media. “With our long-standing history in the online video space and an ongoing focus on innovation, Sorenson Media has differentiated itself in the market to truly affect the future of online video. We appreciate this recognition from FierceOnlineVideo, particularly because it is a trusted source of information for anyone who follows the online video industry.”

This recognition comes just a few weeks after Streaming Media magazine gave Sorenson Squeeze the Reader’s Choice Award for Best Encoding Software (under $1,000), and Sorenson 360 was a finalist in the Online Video Platform (Premium) category. Additionally, USA Today noted Sorenson Media’s staying power in a November 11 article stating, “Every time you see a video online, you probably have Sorenson Media to thank.”

Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Atlanta

Posted by Derrick on November 8, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

There will be a Free Video Streaming and Compression Tools Training in Atlanta, Georgia at the Courtyard Atlanta Airport North/Virginia Avenue on Dec. 11, 2009.  So If you’re in or near Atlanta, Georgia and need to get familiar with video streaming and compression make sure you attend this Free Episode Encoder, Wirecast and Sawmill Professional Training in Atlanta.  The training will get you up to speed with video encoding using Telestream’s Episode Encoder and webcasting with Telestream’s Wirecast.  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 Atlanta.

NAB follow-up for Streaming and Compression Tools

Posted by Derrick on April 22, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Here’s a Follow-up for Streaming and Compression Tools at NAB 2009.  Most of the buzz this NAB was surrounding Microsoft’s Smooth Streaming and its implementation in various tools.  This looks to be very exciting and allows automatic adjustment to lower or higher datarate for live and on-demand streams. The quality of the streams is impacted by the bandwidth available.

Inlet Technologies has some tools that have implemented the Smooth Streaming for on-demand and live streaming.  They also have a tool that provides great post encoding video analysis and called Semaphore.  The tool has been out for a while but now it’s included in their Armada encoding product that provides large scale encoding.  By large scale encoding I’m talking about hundreds and thousands of files being encoding.  The tool can do checks at the end to make sure there were no technical issues like dropped frames, audio loss, etc.  There are far to many features to list in this blog post.  Make sure you visit the Inlet website.

Wowza Media Systems will have a new release of their server that supports Smooth Streaming and Silverlight. I can’t wait.  The next release will also allow live streaming to the iPhone.  Amazing!  Check out there website.  We’ll that’s enough for this post.  Time to catch a plane.