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Streaming Video Types Compared

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:45:05 +0000

OnlineVideo.net has an excerpt from Jan Ozer’s book: Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and Html5 where the three main types of video streaming are discussed: Streaming (“True Streaming”), Progressive Download and Adaptive Streaming, . If you are new to the world of video streaming, this article is an excellent primer, this is taken from [...]

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Online Video Commoditisation: “Not A Dirty Word”

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:15:13 +0000

Dan Rayburn of Streamingmedia.com discusses the issue of commoditisation on a recent blog and contends that it is not a “dirty word” but a healthy trend that allows vendors to demonstrate how their technologies are acquiring mass acceptance and scaling to meet increasing demand: “No single individual including myself decides what technology or services are [...]

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Flash Media Server 4: First Thoughts

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:40:27 +0000

Writing on Streamingmedia.com, Tim Siglin reviews the recently released Flash Media Server 4 and discusses some its newer features, including support for multicasting and HTTP streaming: “Adobe’s Flash Media Servers have undergone a radical set of changes in the past few revisions. FMS version 2 offered numerous iterations. But Adobe slimmed down the product line [...]

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Streaming Media Europe London: 14-15 October 2010

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:51:38 +0000

The Streaming Media conference moves to London on 14th-15th October this year. The event comprehensively covers all aspects of on-line video delivery technology and will benefit all those involved in delivering, supplying or analysing this increasingly important (and complicated) arena, including: Executives, directors, producers, and engineers involved in the creation, production, and delivery of on-line [...]

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Google’s WebM & VP8 : Patently High Risk?

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:00:25 +0000

In this StreamingMedia.com article, Tim Siglin discusses whether WebM and the VP8 codec are genuinely open source compliant and the possible risks via Google’s use of a ‘poison pill’ clause that attempts to indemnify them from the risk of patent infringement lawsuits: “…we’ll look at what needs to happen to assuage the critics, while also [...]

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Adobe Releases HTTP Dynamic Streaming: Does RTMP Have A Future?

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:00:30 +0000

Adobe has announced support for HTTP Dynamic Streaming: “The release of the Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR® 2 runtimes introduces support for HTTP Dynamic Streaming for on-demand and live video streaming online. This new delivery method enables on-demand and live adaptive bitrate video streaming of standards-based MP4 media over regular HTTP connections.” [Read [...]

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HTTP Streaming Support For iPhones And iPads

Nick Brookes — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:00:03 +0000

Encoding.com has recently announced support for HTTP streaming to iPhones and iPads, providing another alternative to Flash-based video delivery for DAM technologies. “What is iPhone / iPad HTTP Streaming? Designed into iPhone OS 3.0, the built-in video player now supports adaptive bit rate switching during playback. As a user watches a video, the iPhone player [...]

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Everything You Need To Know About: HTTP Streaming

Nick Brookes — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:33 +0000

Tim Siglin, chairman of Braintrust Digital and co-founder of business consultancy Transitions, Inc. provides an excellent overview of HTTP streaming and related technologies, providing readers with what they need to know in order to harness this popular hybrid delivery approach. “Of all of the terms, though, the one that seems to have the most uncertainty around [...]

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Streaming Media West & OVP Summit: Conference Videos Now Online

Nick Brookes — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:05:51 +0000

Session and keynote videos from the Streaming Media West And OVP Summit Conference held in San José in November 2009, are now available online via the StreamingMedia.com website, covering the business of online video and the technology of streaming, downloading, Webcasting, Internet TV, IPTV, and mobile video. “All of the sessions and keynotes from the [...]

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What Streaming Media Player Should Be Used With Digital Asset Management Systems?

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:56:06 +0000

This is the third in a series of three articles on media streaming. See the first article, Using Streaming Media With Digital Asset Management Systems. and Streaming Video Formats For Digital Asset Management exclusively on Digital Asset Management News. In the last article in this series, Naresh Sarwan, digital asset management consultant & software engineer, [...]

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Streaming Video Formats For Digital Asset Management

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:10:08 +0000

This article is the second article, in the series, starting with Using Streaming Media With Digital Asset Management Systems and ending with: What Streaming Media Player Should Be Used With Digital Asset Management Systems? For audio, MP3 is generally the format of choice as it is ubiquitous and widely supported, although the OGG or Vorbis [...]

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