Video Encoding Training Available in Flash Streaming Classes

Posted by Derrick on February 8, 2011 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Video encoding training available in Flash Streaming classes. Our Wowza Training 1-Day classes give students an opportunity to learn about video compression. Many video editors, videographers and other professionals are not as familiar in this area. Instead of taking days and weeks studying let our video encoding instructor teach you what you need to know. Learning about Wowza Streaming Server set-up and video encoding is an intangible benefit of our 1-Day Wowza Media Server Training.

Give us a call about signing up to attend one of our 1-Day Wowza Media Server Training classes in Orlando or On-line. Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com. Individuals from any country can attend our On-line training classes.

Sorenson Media Launches Sorenson Squeeze 7

Posted by Derrick on January 25, 2011 under Industry News | Be the First to Comment

Sorenson Media Launches Sorenson Squeeze 7, a major upgrade of the company’s award-winning video encoding application, designed to save users valuable time while significantly boosting performance. Among its key new features are graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration, adaptive bitrate encoding and myriad new input and output formats.

”The video encoding and publishing workflow is too often weighed down with tedious and repetitive steps that turn what should be an intuitive and painless experience into a time-consuming, even mind-numbing slog,” said Peter Csathy, CEO of Sorenson Media. “Sorenson Squeeze 7 takes the pain and drudgery out of the encoding process with advanced GPU acceleration and automation of all aspects of adaptive bit rate encoding. With this new version of Sorenson Squeeze, video professionals and broadcast organizations can encode and deploy top-quality online video in the formats they use most – and will save valuable time in the process, freeing them up to focus on their core revenue-generating business.”
The new Squeeze includes the following:

• New GPU Acceleration
• New Adaptive Bitrate Encoding
• New Input and Output Formats
• New Audio Only Output Formats
• New Adobe Premiere Plug-in

Sorenson Squeeze 7 is available immediately for electronic download or for shipping in CD form. The suggested retail price for Sorenson Squeeze 7 is $799. Upgrades from previous versions of Sorenson Squeeze begin at $299 (with special limited $199 introductory pricing for Squeeze 6 users).

Sorenson Media Launches Sorenson Squeeze Server

Posted by Derrick on December 18, 2010 under Industry News | Be the First to Comment

Sorenson Media announced the immediate availability of Sorenson Squeeze Server, a customizable and scalable video encoding solution that enables enterprises, post-production facilities, developers and video professionals to encode the highest-quality video quickly and efficiently in a secure, cloud-based environment.

Squeeze Server enables customers with a need for high-volume encoding solutions to apply the award-winning encoding power and flexibility of Sorenson Squeeze. Built on Amazon Web Services infrastructure – but easily integrated into any third party infrastructure provider – Squeeze Server relies on dedicated instances to provide efficient processing of video, eliminating worries about data pipelines being clogged by the demands of multiple other high-volume users. Squeeze Server also comes with a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee as part of Sorenson’s Service Level Agreement (SLA) in addition to full customer support.

“For the enterprise, web developers and any other video professionals with high volume needs, Squeeze Server is the answer to the often painful prospect of tackling multiple encoding jobs—a cost-effective alternative to spending a fortune on data center-based hardware, software development and ongoing maintenance,” said Peter Csathy, Sorenson Media’s CEO. “Squeeze Server turns all that on its head by offering our customers the ease of setup and use and the benefit of our proven video encoding expertise in the cloud. We also give our customers the peace of mind of knowing that we’ve covered all the bases in supporting the widest array of formats, while utilizing only officially sanctioned and licensed codecs. We solve the pain of encoding and publishing the highest quality video – that is our job, so that our customers can focus on growing their business.”

Sorenson Squeeze Server users have access to all of the fundamental functionality of the gold-standard video encoding application Sorenson Squeeze, including advanced pre-processing filters and a broad selection of formats, including Flash, H.264 and WebM. Squeeze Server provides complete control to the user by using Sorenson Media’s intuitive developer APIs, which enable users to easily create automated workflows to maximize throughput while maintaining control of the video quality. Through the APIs, users can also automatically publish their encoded videos to a host of destinations, such as a content delivery network (CDN), a network folder, a website or any number of locations simultaneously.

Squeeze Server users also benefit from additional native features that make encoding and publishing videos online easier:

Seamless integration with the Sorenson Media Preset Exchange, a built-in feature that provides users time-saving downloads of code for “video encoding recipes” or presets. The presets in the Exchange have been created by top industry video compression experts, thereby providing developers who implement Squeeze Server with direct access to parameters used by seasoned encoding professionals to get the best quality out of their encoding processes. For instance, encoding presets optimized for the Apple iPad were available in the Preset Exchange on the day of the device’s launch.

Vid.vu, the company’s new, just-for-video, URL shortening service. Exclusive to Sorenson Media customers and announced in October 2010, Vid.vu can either automatically generate short URLs, or users can create custom URLs to permalink pages with built-in protection again malware, phishing scams and spam, as well as detailed video analytics.

Full integration with the Sorenson 360 online video platform, which offers an intuitive content management interface; custom, HD-quality players; in-depth video metrics and many other tools that give Squeeze Server users unique publishing functionality.

“Squeeze Server marks the next big milestone for Sorenson Media’s legacy of pace-setting innovations in online video creation, management and publishing,” Csathy said. “For 15 years now, our customers and partners have trusted us for feature-rich video encoding and publishing. Squeeze Server embodies our commitment to maintaining that trust in a new generation of cloud-based services. We have hundreds of thousands of customers, and a significant number of them have been asking us for a high-volume server-based product. I am pleased to say that Squeeze Server is the product they have been looking for. This product represents a logical extension of our existing portfolio of highest quality differentiated video encoding solutions.”

Pricing and Availability

Sorenson Squeeze Server is available immediately. Pricing for Squeeze Server begins at $499 per month for each dedicated server instance with the ability to scale as needed. Each subscription to Squeeze Server also includes a complementary account for the Sorenson 360 online video platform.

Consistent Audio Levels Are Needed for TV Channel Streaming with Wowza Media Server

Posted by Derrick on September 25, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Consistent audio levels are needed for TV Channel Streaming with Wowza Media Server. This is something that you have to keep in mind when encoding On-demand Streaming video content for your On-line TV Channel.  The key will be making sure you are setting proper audio levels during the video production process.  Then your video compression techniques and filters need to stay consistent every time you’re performing your encodes.

Outside of the video encoding process if you choose to insert Live Streaming events within your channels you need to ensure that your audio levels match.  Performing testing before your channel goes live will help with this.  Once your audio levels are set properly in your live encoder save your settings and keep them the same for every Live Streaming event.  These techniques will help to make sure you have consistent audio levels for your TV Channel Streaming with Wowza Media Server.

If you’d like to gain an even better understanding of Wowza Media Server 2 make sure you attend one of our  1-Day Wowza Media Server 2 Training classes.  Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com. Our On-line trainings are also open to international students.

Streaming to Mobile Devices Training Launches in September

Posted by Derrick on July 29, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Streaming to Mobile Devices Training launches in September.  There has been great interest in streaming video and especially the desire to add another delivery outside of desktop video playback. Streaming to mobile devices is much more challenging than delivering to the desktop.  This new class will cover tools for mobile video encoding, video compression techniques, streaming server delivery, and other items.   If you need to stream video content to iPhone,  iPod Touch, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung or other Smartphones this class is for you. Look for the class on our Video Streaming and Compression Training Schedule in September 2010.