Metro Encoding Presents “The Source”
Our clients produce Music Videos, Trailers and Promo Clips for distribution to a wide range of outlets. They are being inundated with Spec Sheets that are sometimes hard to decipher and often call for very different encoding specs. We cut through the technical aspects of each spec, and can compare and contrast to produce the minimal number of Source Files needed. Continue ...
VP8 Under Attack
We’ve been following the course of VP8 and WebM since its release last year. We’ve also been waiting for someone to ask us to encode to WebM. We encode a few thousand minutes of content every week, so we consider ourselves a bellwether of Codec/Format acceptance. So far, not one request for WebM. Now MPEG-LA, who represent the patent pool for H.264 (AVC) has gathered 12 organizations claiming patent infringement by WebM/VP8:
The End of Silverlight?
Lots of news coming from Microsoft’s PDC10 in Redmond. On the video side, many people are making opinions on what’s not being said…particularly what’s not being said about Silverlight. Quite a bit of discussion and news about IE9 and HTML5.
Bill Has Issues with QuickTime
“Alright, that’s a bit extreme. I hate Streaming QuickTime. More specifically, I hate “hinting” files for a QuickTime streaming server. QuickTime, or Apple, has left their streaming capabilities to die. At the same time they have never completely embraced H264… ” Continue reading the full article at PolyMathsUntied.com
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