| Video Technology Magazine | August 2005 |
I have found that creating and converting old media to DVD has been a real technical challenge, older VHS tapes, gum up the players, and stretch. Time base correction is often needed to make a high quality copy, and this is beyond the capabilities of most hobbyist. As a result the Services group of Video Technology has created a media conversion group that specialized in converting almost anything into DVD and DVD-Rom. 
More info can be found at http://conversion.videotechnology.com
The use of BitTorrent is already extremely popular among anime fans who trade films that are unavailable outside of Japan as well as their own subtitled versions, known as fansubs. The company's first experiment with a Madlax torrent in July was so well-received that ADV is launching the bonus promotional packages for upcoming releases Gilgamesh and Goddanar. The question is will other distributors and studios follow ADV's example or stick to their current distribution models?
www.scvi.net Producing your own video content and distributing it over the Internet can now be done without the need for expensive hardware or complicated software. Podcasting allows anyone to make video content available for downloading and viewing at a later time. You can also transfer the video to portable media devices. The original audio Podcasting concept was developed by Adam Curry. It was created as a alternative content distribution method that allows people to produce and distribute audio programming. Video is a recently added feature. Video Podcasting is the combination of video files made available for download, a specialized xml file and software capable of reading the xml file. The xml file is known as Real Simple Syndication. Each video Podcast publisher creates a unique Real Simple Syndication ( which is more commonly known as RSS ) file. The purpose of the RSS file is to describe the video, distinguish it from other publisher.s material, presenting the most current content available and allowing people to subscribe to individual Podcast .stations.. Anyone with a Internet connection and access to a web host that allows media file and xml file hosting, is capable of distributing their own video content with Podcasting. Peer to Peer data transfer can be used to distribute the video Podcast media files and minimize bandwidth requirements. Bittorrent and Dijjer are both open source software applications that can be used for Peer to Peer Podcast distribution. Creating a video Podcast is very easy. Video can be recorded using free or low cost software. Web cams or digital cameras can be used to capture video imaging. The .raw. video can then be edited using open source or free software. The completed video can then be encoded using open source video codecs, such as VP3, Theora or Dirac, to compress the video and optimize it for Internet distribution. Free software can also be used to create the RSS files. Video Podcasting does not require special server distribution software such as Internet broadcasting does. There are no technical restrictions on the types of video encoding formats available for video Podcasting. Additional Resources How to guide for video podcasting : ( http://www.scvi.net/podcast/how.htm ) Video Podcasting Refereneces : ( http://www.scvi.net/podcast/ref.htm ) Promote your video podcast : ( http://scvi.invisionzone.com/index.php?showforum=9 ) Dave Childers is a freelance Internet broadcast consultant, writer, and the webmaster of www.scvi.net <http://www.scvi.net/>, the Winamp TV / NullSoft video information website. *You can contact him at sankt (at) scvi dot net.* (http://www.scvi.net <http://www.scvi.net/>) http://www.internetvideomag.com/Articles-2004/081204_dave_Childers.htm
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I am looking for a location where I can install a DSL or Cable Modem where there is a good view, maybe a park or highway, maybe a shopping mall or store even. This would be for an official demo for the newest Livecam Streaming server. The newest livecam supports 4 analog cameras and outputs JPEG server push video streams on from a FreeBSD based PC. IT can also stream 2 audio channels, although the demo will not include audio or at most will have a Radio Tuner card for FM radio. Anyone interested in providing a home for this video server please contact me. Contact page
This specific presentation is :
Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) and Freescale Semiconductor -- will examine and discuss architectural and system-level requirements impacting STB design.
Here is the link to register for this seminar. Register Here
Raleigh, North Carolina's Inlet Technologies recently announced the latest release of it's professional VC-1 video encoding system, Fathom 2.0. Fathom features fast, hardware-based video compression using a proprietary 2-pass technology. A plugin PCI adapter is required, and is probably quite costly. 
Inlet was founded by a couple of ex-Sun Microsystem guys, Neal Page and Scott Labrozzi. Some might recall that back in 2004 Sun called off the dogs of war against Microsoft -- to the tune of a $2 billion settlement. So would it surprise you that Inlet's Fathom[1], "[..] was the first real-time high-definition encoding solution for [Microsoft] Windows Media Video HD content.[..]"? A company curiously named Akimbo is one of Inlet's customers, and claims to be, "[..] the first company to deliver video-on-demand to any television via a broadband-Internet connection [..]" Akimbo's CEO Josh Goldman says this about Inlet, "I think Inlet is one of the hottest technology companies out there." Robert Hammer, Akimbo's VP of Finance has some Hollywood connections by virtue of his many past ventures, including producing, writing and directing motion pictures, documentaries, videos and commercials. Among his credits are the videos for "The Monkees" and "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young," and commercials for KFC and McDonalds. One should note that Akimbo's content delivery system utilizes Microsoft's very own Digital Rights Management. Microsoft and Hollywood in bed? Naaaahhhhhhh......... References: 1 - http://www.dvformat.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33110 Editors Note - VC-1 is the SMPTE VC-1 Standard for Television ("VC-1 Standard") was formerly referred to as the VC-9 Standard. This is based on the Microsoft Window Media 9 Codec, WM9. More information is available from MPEG LA.
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