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This is a video from a session at Streaming Media West. In addition to the production/pre-processing and encoding tips, it's a unique opportunity to see me - Jan Ozer - as a blonde, which I was for roughly 6 weeks last year (a Halloween thing).

Click through to the main article to watch the video.

I'm at StreamingMedia West in San Jose about to go into a session on improving your streaming video quality - my top tips. I'm attaching the presentation to this short post for those who attended and others interested in the topic.

I hope you find them helpful.

Choosing video resolution and data rate are two of the most fundamental decisions that streaming producers must make. This article identifies the factors integral to these choices. 

There are (at least) three elements to consider when choosing the resolution and video data rate for your streaming video. First is to understand the types of artifacts that viewers notice and ensure that whatever encoding parameters you use, these artifacts aren’t present. Second is to review the parameters used by competitors and other major sites frequented by your viewers. Third, is to analyze the per pixel data rate used by those sites and your proposed parameters and make sure that your data rate isn’t excessively high or low. This article reviews all three and provides current statistics of encoding parameters used by aggressive corporate and broadcast streamers.