Smooth Streaming, Microsoft’s new adaptive streaming technology, is an exciting advancement that brings us closer to Web-based television-like delivery of HD media content. The underlying technology builds on Microsoft® VC-1 codec components to create multiple pre-defined streams, adding mechanisms to automatically adjust the playback to varying consumer connection speeds, and other network playback challenges, enabling higher-quality streaming media delivery over IP and mobile networks. This white paper will introduce you to Smooth Streaming and explains how you can apply the technology in real-world VOD and live event broadcasting applications.
This eBook provides both new and veteran shooters an in-depth understanding of the technology that lies between the camera lens and the recording medium and how to maximize a camera's performance.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
2012 will be the year of mobile DTV. That’s the view of Erik Moreno, who along with Salil Dalvi, senior VP for Mobile Platform Development at NBC Universal, is co-general manager of the Mobile Content Venture.
Hear snippets of podcast interviews done throughout 2011 with Pat McDonough of The Nielsen Company, Glen Friedman of Ideas & Solutions!, Danny Wilson of Pixelmetrix and Greg Herman of Watch TV. Pictured is Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix.
