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28 July 2001
Digital video. - Free streaming server, Sorenson 3 Codec, M100i lossless codec.
streamingmedia.com: Darwin Streaming Server: Open, Functional and Free. An in-depth review of Apple's open source QuickTime Streaming Server.
[ Media 100 Press Release ]:Cleaner 5 To Include Support for Sorenson Video 3 Codec that Enables Streaming for QuickTime 5. "The upgrade ensures support for streaming media output to QuickTime 5, RealSystem 8.5 and Windows Media 8 (Windows Media 7 for Mac), the three major player formats for streaming media on the Internet. The newest version of Cleaner 5 also includes support for the Sorenson Video 3 codec, which enables the delivery of high-quality streaming media for QuickTime."
Meanwhile, we have received the upgrade to Media 100i 7.5 with includes "Lossless Codec" that compresses and stores identical pixels in a field, then rebuilds the video images exactly as they originally appeared. We are waiting for a new multiprocessor PowerMac to relieve "Cut Daddy", our present Media 100 editing suite.
(July 28., 2001, majo)
24 July 2001
Video codec comparisons, Squeeze -
[ The Little QuickTime Page ] An article at Digital WebCast on Sorenson Video 3 (a codec now available in QuickTime) compares the Basic version of Sorenson Video 3 to both the Pro and Basic versions of Sorenson Video 2.
A comparison of a large number of video codecs, including those for Windows Media and Real, as well as QuickTime) is going on at the Streaming Video CODEC Shootout page.
A Sorenson Media press release announces that the company is coming out with a new product called, Sorenson Squeeze, a compression tool for OS X. An article a Creative Mac, "Sorenson Puts the Squeeze on Mac OS X" reveals more about this tool, and which codecs will come with it.
(July 24., 2001, mjh)
8 July 2001
Flix, a video-Shockwave encoder - New tool to transport streaming Internet video via Flash
Encoded Flash media is viewable on virtually all platforms. Flix Macintosh and Windows versions are available now from Wildform .
Flix encodes SWF files from the following formats:
- Video: .asf, .avi, .dv, .mov/.qt, .mpeg, .wmv
- Audio: .mp3, .wav, .wma
- Image: jpg/.jpe, .gif, .png, .bmp/.rle,.psd/.pdd, .tif, .tga/.vda/.icb/.vst,..pct/.pic
Flixâs encoding capabilities can be used to create video and audio for users
connecting to the internet at any bitrate, and Flix includes presets for
14.4k-512k streams. Your Flix encoded video and audio is limited only by
the maximum allowed number of frames in the SWF format, which is 16000
frames.
Gonne get it. (July 8., 2001, )
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