Webcast: Streaming for Video Pros: A Crash Course
Dec 13, 2007 12:00 PM
Streaming evolved almost overnight from a postage stamp novelty to a mission critical delivery platform. You know video, but how do you quickly get up to speed on streaming codecs, encoding parameters, and file formats? Come to this nuts and bolts webcast hosted by journalist and video producer Jan Ozer. How basic? If you can confidently answer all these questions, you don’t need to come.
- Do you know the difference between a SWF and FLV Flash file (and when to use them)?
- Do you know the difference between VBR and CBR (and the pros and cons of each)?
- Are MPEG-4 and H.264 the same or different?
- What’s the difference between VC1 and Microsoft’s WMV 9?
- How is progressive download different than streaming (and why do you care?)
If you’re uncertain, come to the webcast to learn these answers and more. We'll start with a quick overview of terms like bandwidth, streaming and progressive download. Then, we’ll detail generic encoding concepts like VBR and CBR and what you need to know about I, B and P frames. Then we’ll dig deeply into the specific requirements of producing H.264, Flash and Windows Media video, including producing for the iPod and iPhone.
If you’ve ever pondered compression parameters screen in Apple Compressor, Sorenson Squeeze or the Windows Media Encoder and wondered which configurations were best for your current project or workflow and why, then this webcast is for you.
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