Posted by Derrick on May 23, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
ON24, Inc., the global leader in webcasting and virtual event solutions, announced the launch of an open webcasting platform which enables customers to create completely custom experiences and integrate applications developed by third-party developers. This open cloud platform also enables enterprises to deliver “social webcasts” and features enhanced interactivity capabilities. The result is a more immersive end- user experience, increasing engagement and effectiveness.
“Enterprises want flexible communications and branding tools that shift control of the virtual experience to users and viewers. Social webcasting is part of this ‘have it my way’ trend,” commented Ira Weinstein, Wainhouse Research Analyst and Partner. “ON24 has developed a winning combination—a user-friendly experience within a controllable, flexible environment—that puts its new webcasting platform ahead of the curve.”
“This represents a revolutionary new direction for ON24,” said CEO Sharat Sharan. “ON24 has been in the virtual communication space for over 10 years. Our priority has always been to work closely with our customers. Based on the feedback we receive, we constantly innovate. That is what led to the development two years ago of our flagship product, the very successful ON24 Virtual Show. Now, however, enterprises are demanding webcasts that are equally dynamic, powerful and engaging.”
The market environment underlying the emerging need for an open webcasting platform which integrates social applications has resulted from the convergence of several industry trends:
• Content delivery is being recognized as the single most important part of any virtual event.
• Social networking itself is of keen interest to virtual event customers.
• As virtual events have evolved into “always-on” virtual destinations, the importance of the quality of the end-user experience has increased exponentially.
Posted by Derrick on March 29, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
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.
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Posted by Derrick on March 7, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Webcasting from the iPhone is included in our Video Streaming and Compression Training. The iPhone is now one of the killer apps and has many capibilities and one of them includes Webcasting from it. Attend one of our 2-Day Video Streaming and Compression Trainings and learn how to do it. Learn how to include you iPhone Live Webcast in a Blog Page or in a Web Page. The 2-Day Training is available in Orlando, On-line and On-site. View Upcoming Training Schedule
Here are some other items included in the training:
- How to encode Downloadable streaming videos
- How to encode Real-time streaming videos
- Best Practices for Compression and Streaming
- How to encode to QuickTime, Windows Media, H.264, Real Media and Flash video formats
- What the best CODECS are for their streaming formats
- How to author QuickTime, Windows Media, H.264 and Flash downloadable streaming videos
- How to author Flash .FLV files using Dreamweaver .SWF players
- How to author Flash .FLV files using JW Player
- Benefits of 1-Pass CBR, 1-Pass VBR, 2-pass CBR and 2-Pass VBR compression
- Knowledge of Deinterlacing, Key Frame Every, Frames Per Second, Cropping and other items
- How to set up Live Streaming
- How to analyze log files using Sawmill Professional
Featured Software for the class:
- Sorenson Squeeze 6
- Episode Encoder Pro
- Wirecast
- Dreamweaver
- Sawmill Professional
Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 or contact us by E-mail at info@freemancompression.com to register for a class.
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Posted by Derrick on February 27, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Telestream’s Wirecast supports Live Encoding to QuickTime Streaming Server. This is a good thing if you’re going to be delivering you Live Webcast to Apple’s QuickTime Streaming and you have a PC for your Live Encoder. You can easily send your Live Stream to the QTSS in the H.264 flavor and customize the frame size, datarate, key frame interval, fps etc. Since QuickTime Broadcaster is not available for the PC Wirecast provides a wonderful solution for Live Encoding to QTSS with many other added benefits.
Wirecast provides a more advanced level tool for Webcasting. Not only does it support Live Encoding to QTSS but Wirecast (for PC) also sports Live Encoding to Windows Media Server, Flash Streaming Servers and many CDNs. With it you can encode from Fireware cameras attached via Firewire. If you have separate Firewire cards installed you can switch between multiple Firewire cameras. Multiple Live Streams can be sent to the same server/different servers and you can create an archive for on-demand viewing later during your Webcast. Wirecast also provides a full production switcher in software. You can switch seamlessly between multiple cameras, multiple video sources, and Powerpoint presentations.
Lower thirds (name keys) can also be included during your Webcasts. So you could have 10-15 or more lower third graphics called up as desired during your production. Wirecast comes with many pre-made lower third templates saving you a tremendous amount of time in design. Wirecast can also do nice transitions and dissolves between sources. You can even do Picture-N- Picture. Wirecast is not free like QuickTimeBroadcaster but you will definitely get a superior tool for Webcasting along with the ability to solve the issue of Live Encoding to Apple’s QuickTime Streaming Server from a PC.
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Posted by Derrick on January 26, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
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.
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