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Details of March 23 Training Course

lisa.jpgHere's a short video discussion between Lisa Larson-Kelly and myself discussing the upcoming training. If you're curious about the training, or how Oovoo works (it's pretty cool) click over to the main article. For more information on the training, click over to http://streamingflash.eventbrite.com/

Flash Player: CPU Hog or Hot Tamale? It Depends.

ipad.jpgIn part, Steve Jobs stated that the iPad didn't support Flash because it was a "CPU Hog," so Apple used a technology called HTML5 instead. Since the comparative efficiency of Flash vs. HTML5 seemed easy enough to quantify, I endeavored to do so, using YouTube's new HTML5-based player as the test bed. Specifically, I played a YouTube video in the same browser twice, once via HTML5, once via Flash, and measured CPU utilization during playback.

The results? Decidely bi-polar. You can probably guess which pole was colder.

HTML5, Flash, H.264 and Ogg Theora

Ever since the iPad announcement, the inter-relationships between HTML5, Flash, H.264 and Ogg Theora have been intriguing me, so I spent last week trying to figure it all out. The result is The Future of Web Video, Part 1; HTML5? Someday. Ogg? Probab...

Uploading SD video to YouTube - exploring the options

My article The Moving Picture: Decoding YouTube Upload Options just posted on www.eventdv.net. It explores the options available when uploading original SD video to YouTube, detailing my conclusions after uploading six files ranging in resolution from 480x270 to 720p.

After reading my conclusions, you can view the test files by clicking over to the article.

Reflections from StreamingMedia West

I’m on the flight home from StreamingMedia West in San Jose. Like all conferences, the week involved countless meetings, multiple seminars, way too many calories and a number of strong impressions that I thought I would share. Click over to the complete article to read more.

The skinny on Apple's HTTP Live Streaming

Digital Content Producer just published an article that I wrote explaining the basics of Apple's HTTP Live Streaming to the iPhone/iTouch platform, both how the technology works and your implementation options. I think that streaming to this platform will become essential over the next 12 to 18 months, as mobile viewership increases. For example (as the article states), 10% of those who viewed the early rounds of this year's baseball playoffs watched on the iPhone/iTouch platform.

Click here to read the article.

Live Event Presentation at Streaming Media West

Here's the handout for my live event streaming presentation at StreamingMedia West.

The best adaptive streaming technology you probably don't know about

I taught a class on H.264 production at Streaming Media West today. Two related trends that I discussed were HTTP delivery of video and adaptive bitrate streaming, where multiple files are encoded for distribution to various viewers, with stream bandwidth varied by playback device and viewer bandwidth, and adapting to changing conditions, like effective bandwidth and CPU utilization. I think over the next 12 to 18 months, HTTP-based adaptive bitrate streaming will become the norm, rather than the exception.

Then I remembered H.264 Scalable Video Coding and the nickel dropped on why this technology could win out over all existing competitors. Click the link above to read why.

Smooth Streaming - Silverlight's Trojan Horse

Silverlight presents Microsoft with the classic chicken and egg problem – web sites won’t use Silverlight until the installed base passes some unknown tipping point, but the installed base won’t grow until web sites start using Silverlight. With recent high profile design wins, Silverlight's Smooth Streaming technology may break the logjam.

How to post videos to your web site - a primer for non-techies

This article discusses several simple alternatives for distributing videos from your web site.

Hey, if you can't figure it out, UCSF will create your HTML for you!