Cadence Selects Telestream for Live Streaming

Posted by Derrick on January 8, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Telestream announced that Cadence Inc., a premier live event marketing and communications firm, chose Telestream Wirecast webcasting software to broadcast Ford’s keynote address speech live from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES®) January 7 in Las Vegas. Cadence selected Wirecast because of its ability to encode live streams in real time to multiple streaming formats – Windows Media, QuickTime and Flash – and for its ability to immediately archive the video for new releases and online viewing by global audiences. The keynote address video is available for viewing on The Ford Story website at http://fordlivemedia.cadence-inc.com/.

“We evaluated several products but selected Telestream Wirecast for its reliable, multiformat live streaming, ease of use, and excellent support,” said Steve Auer, President of Cadence, Inc. “Everything worked flawlessly. Real time statistics of the Wirecast stream, such as bit rate and audio levels, made it easy for us to monitor the feeds and provided our operations center with critical information during the live cast.”

CES is the world’s largest consumer technology trade show, where the makers of the latest electronic products show off their wares. CES invited Ford President and CEO, Alan Mulally to deliver the opening keynote address because he has positioned Ford as a leading innovator in the automotive industry.

Ford chose Cadence because of the company’s ability to provide a total, integrated live video event package. In addition to live video production, streaming to a content delivery network and archiving of the video for later online viewing, Cadence provides preshow promotions, tracking, analytics and reporting of the live webcast itself. Cadence has a strong foundation in production, audio-visual staging and logistics. In addition to Ford, Cadence clients include such well-known Fortune 100 companies as Pepsico, Kraft, Toyota, Xerox, and PhilipMorrisUSA, to name a few.

“We’re honored that Cadence, a leading provider of live event services, selected Wirecast for this prestigious event,” said Barbara DeHart, VP of Marketing at Telestream. “Wirecast provides an innovative and affordable solution for high-quality video streaming of all types of live events.”

Wirecast is live video production software for Mac and Windows computers that is available for a fraction of the cost of broadcast hardware equipment. Developed specifically for live and on-demand webcasts (broadcasts for the web), Wirecast works just like a video switcher, controlling real-time switching between multiple cameras while mixing in other media such as pre-recorded video, audio, graphics and slides. With features such as chroma key, transitions, 3D graphics, and built-in titles, Wirecast offers high production value for the creation of professional webcasts.

1-Day Wowza Media Server Training – Mac

Posted by Derrick on May 3, 2009 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Class Summary:

The Wowza Media Server 3 training teaches Flash on-demand and live streaming set-up. It also covers Flash encoding using the On2 VP6 codec, Flash encoding using the H.264 codec and how to deliver these files from the Wowza Media Server 3. Learning to stream Live Flash video using Wirecast with Wowza Media Server 2 is a special topic that is included in this training class. Flash video is one of the most exciting developments in streaming video and you’ll also learn how to author your web pages for Flash Streaming. Learn how to take advantage of cross-platform, cross-browser video playback that the Flash format provides with the Wowza Media Server 3.

Students will learn in this training:

• How to set up their Wowza Media Server 3
• How to configure On-demand streaming
• How to configure Flash live streaming
• Flash encoding using the On2 VP6 codec
• Flash encoding using the H.264 codec
• Live Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
• On-demand Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
• How to use Wirecast to stream Live Flash video
• How to use Sawmill to analyze Wowza Media Server 3 log files

Software Featured for Class

• Wowza Media Server 3
• Wirecast
• Sorenson Squeeze 6
• Sawmill Professional

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Class Overview

1. Streaming Server Set-up

Your instructor will walk you through the process of the set-up for the Wowza Media Server 3 server for Flash real-time streaming. This section of the class will cover all of the install, networking and test procedures to make sure the server is functioning properly.

2. Wowza Media Server Overview

This portion of class provides students with an overview of how the Wowz Media Server works.  In this training module the instructor teaches students about: Application.xml files, Vhost.xml files, Modules, Properties, Stream Types, AddOnPackages, HTTP Streamers, Live Streaming Packetizers and Content Storage.

3. Application Setup

This portion of the training teaches students how to utilize the available applications on the Wowza Media Server and how to customize their own applications for streaming.  The hands-on instruction shared in this portion of the training allows attendees to successfully navigate and use Wowza Media Server 3.

4. Configuring On-demand Streaming

In this section of training, students will learn to set-up on-demand streaming for On2VP6 and H.264 content. Students will learn where to place videos that are streaming from the server and how to reference on-demand streaming folders.

5. Configuring Live Streaming

This section will cover the procedure for setting up live streaming on the Wowza Media Server 3. Students will learn all of the necessary configurations required for live streaming to work on the streaming server. This training module will teach students how to set-up live streams using Wirecast.

6. Authentication for Live Streaming

In this training module students will learn how to create an application for Live Streaming that requires Authentication from the Live Encoder.  This protects who can stream to your Wowza Media Server. In addition to creating your application, you will learn how to add users who have Live Streaming privileges.

7. Flash Encoding Using the On2 VP6 Codec

Learn how to encode Flash On2 VP6 content for real-time streaming for delivery from Wowza Media Server 3. You will learn how to encode Flash On2 VP6 videos using Sorenson Squeeze. Your instructor will guide you through the different adjustments that need be made in the encoder and will teach you how to create great looking videos for streaming server delivery. Learn about key frame every, frames per second, frame sizes, audio codecs, and other compression adjustments in this portion of the training.

8. Flash Encoding Using the H.264 Codec

Learn how to encode Flash H.264 content for real-time streaming for delivery from Wowza Media Server 2. You will learn how to encode Flash H.264 videos using Sorenson Squeeze Compression Suite. Students will be guided through various adjustments that need to be made in the encoder and will learn how to create great looking videos for streaming server delivery. Learn about key frame every, frames per second, frame sizes, audio codecs, and other compression adjustments in this part of the training class.

9. Authoring Flash On-Demand Streaming Videos and Live Streaming Videos in Web pages

This section will teach students how to create web pages for Flash streaming videos. Many Video Editors and multimedia professionals can encode their videos to the Flash video format, but don’t understand how to author their web pages to deliver Flash streaming videos. This class will teach you how. Students will learn about Embed and Object Tags as well as javascript code and how they make web pages with streaming videos look great.

10. Analyzing Wowza Media Server Log files with Sawmill Professional

Students will learn how to analyze log files from Wowza Media Server. Also, learn where to locate the log files on Wowza Media Server. In addition, class participants will learn how to gather information from log files such as: domain names, session paths, most popular videos viewed, most popular viewing days, most popular viewing months, video playback errors, viewer demographics and other information.

11. Streaming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

One of the features of Wowza Media Server 3 is that it allows video content providers the ability to delivery On-demand and Live Streams to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.  This class will show you how to configure your Wowza Media Server for streaming to the iPhone. The class covers set-up of both On-demand and Live Streaming to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Give us a call about signing up to attend one of our Wowza Media Server Trainings 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.