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STREAMING MEDIA EAST 2010 :: CONFERENCE POST WRAP UP :: HERDS & HERDS OF GEEKS & NERDS
May 13th
Welcomed by Kevin Shively, TVWorldwide
Streaming Media East 2010 – the day after report: What is it about technology conferences that makes them so exhausting?
The exhibit floor this year was smaller then last years and I heard from the exhibitors that real “customer” presence was light, but of course for my purposes… that doesn’t really matter.
Selfishly I have to say, I am only interested in technology innovations that are easy to integrate or deploy, that are affordable and of course, that actually work. There was a lot of discussion around scalable technology, SD to HD workflow transitions, adaptive (bit rate) streaming… and of course, highest on the list is the promise of “unified systems” (as it is referred to in the Enterprise) or single [video] signal transmission to multiple devices, something along the lines of TVEverywhere type availability of broadcast content, but specifically one feed that can play back on any device (i.e. Mobile, Desktop, Set top box, etc.).
That’s a lot to think about, but I was able to pin-point my priorities and focus on putting together a package that would work for me and my budget… and here is that journey. More >
DIGITAL DIVAS :: LIVE WEB VIDEO INSPIRES :: AND GEEK WEEK!
May 5th
Photo by Kelly Samardak: An Online Minute... Burgeoning Women's Networking Event Flings It For Spring At Armani/Ristorante
The most recent Digital Diva shin-dig inspired me, a little vino and a lot of chit-chat about social experiments and live streaming… all good stuff.
The ladies in the fabulous picture to the left, and I, were discussing live webcasting and what makes a live experience more compelling than just watching an on-demand web video? Perhaps, we get a sense of intimacy that we share with the other viewers – when you know you are not alone in the “room” so to speak… it is an intimate feeling, with the audience and the speaker, augmented by a sense of being there. It makes the “viewer” more of a participant than a passive set of eyeballs. Take that and top it off with some real-time interactivity and you have a fabulous recipe for attracting a real audience. More >
ADOBE LAUNCHES CS5 :: & THEN ADOBE TV WENT DOWN :: iN-TENSE AS I FOLLOW THE iDRAMA
Apr 12th
AS I am watching the “Pseudo Live” launch video on Adobe.com for the CS5 suite, I can’t help but think how great everything looks in the pre-recorded video. Great production value! There are hundreds of Tweets on the subject as we all listen in for our specialized area of interest…. I heard nothing about transcoding video from Premiere or what the status of the Adobe Media Encoder is, which are the applications I use the most as a streamer of media, followed closely by good ole’ Dreamweaver.
Video looked great, Adobe Mobile Video looked great on the innocuous ”Mobile Device” they featured (ahem, iPhone?)… As far as you can tell from a video they produced and mastered in their Adobe CS5 suite… especially with all those “easy to use effects” in Adobe After Effects. Everything was great…
And then, the live launch video ended. More >
YOUR THOUGHTS TO VIDEO:: Video Scenes Pulled from Peoples' Thoughts :: GEEKTASTIC!
Dec 1st
“….the software was used to monitor the two patients’ brains as they watched a new film and to reproduce what they were seeing based on their neural activity alone.
“Remarkably, the computer program was able to display continuous footage of the films they were watching — albeit with blurred images.”
“A computer program was used to search for links between the configuration of shapes, colors and movements in the videos, and patterns of activity in the patients’ visual cortex.
“It was later fed more than 200 days’ worth of YouTube internet clips and asked to predict which areas of the brain the clips would stimulate if people were watching them.
Full post here
AT&T LIVE WEBCAST:: Communacopia XVIII Conference :: 9/17/2009 9:30 AM EST
Sep 10th
In a Press Release issued today, (Dallas, Texas, September 10, 2009) AT&T Inc. announced they will webcast a presentation by Randall Stephenson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Inc., at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference in New York on Thursday, September 17 at 9:30 a.m. ET.
The webcast will be available live and for replay at www.att.com/investor.relations
They used TalkPoint:
http://cc.talkpoint.com/gold006/091509a_mg/?entity=9_C13CNXF
ASHTON KUTCHER LIVE WEBCAST :: NEW YORK CITY :: TIMES SQUARE ON UStream.TV
Sep 10th
Check it out, UStream.TV rented a Tricaster Studio from me yesterday for the live edit from Times Square, LIVE in the heart of NYC! You can bet that this is going to be a celeb-fest, No doubt! I see Katie Couric on the scene already and it just started.
The Fans are restless!
Here is the link to the Channel page: http://www.ustream.tv/Ashton
In case you missed it, it was fine… Bloomberg was there, Demi and moore… (get it?? LOL!) Sorry guys, I should have grabbed the footage for you and posted to YouTube 
Promise next time! Here is more info on what was going on, an effort to raise awareness for Volunteerism -a good cause indeed!
http://www.eifoundation.org/press/release.asp?press_release_id=244
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS92321+10-Sep-2009+PRN20090910
Enjoix!
Consumer Advisory Committee Meeting 9/10 :: Live webcast :: National Broadband Plan
Aug 24th
SAVE THE DATE: The next meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday, September 10, 2009, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Commission’s Headquarters Building, Room TW-305, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554. Meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on the Internet in Real Audio/Real Video format with captioning at www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac
Meeting Agenda At its September 10, 2009 meeting, the Committee will focus upon broadband and the development of the National Broadband Plan. The Committee is expected to consider an outline of its recommendations to be submitted in connection with the National Broadband Plan Notice of Inquiry, Docket 09-51. The Committee may also consider other consumer issues within the jurisdiction of the Commission. A limited amount of time on the agenda will be available for oral comments from the public. Meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on the Internet in Real Audio/Real Video format with captioning at www.fcc.gov/cgb/cac. Members of the public may address the Committee or may send written comments to: Scott Marshall, Designated Federal Officer of the Committee, at the address noted below. The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, assistive listening devices, and Braille copies of the agenda and handouts will be provided on site. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need, and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to: fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
For further information contact: Scott Marshall, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Room 3A633, 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554. Phone: 202 418-2809 (voice) or 202-418-0179 (TTY). Email: scott.marshall@fcc.gov.
NETFLIX :: NOW HIRING :: BETWEEN THE LINES
Feb 22nd
Netflix
I discovered a NetFlix job posting for the role of Director of Encoding Operations on the StreamingMedia.com job board – I decided to red-line the job post with the dialogue as I heard it play out in my head - There is a true irony about the timing and wording of their post, especially in light of the recent announcement Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings made, “Netflix Inc. may allow customers to pay solely for online-video streaming by late this year or 2010 as more viewers watch content directly from the Internet“. I suppose they have to get it working first though…
The special “skill set” as described is foreboding, to say the least – but jobs are tight and it seems like they are hiring, so go for it if you qualify.
How to Convert FLV to AVI Using Open Video Converter
Feb 19th
from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit
If you are looking for a program that can convert FLV to AVI, maybe using Open Video Converter developed by Digitbyte Studio will help.
Steps
- Download Open Video Converter. Launch Open Video Converter.
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Open Video Converter.
- Click the “Options” button from the main interface, then press “Browse” button to select a directory where you like to save your output file in your pc, or change the default output file name; As you know, you can also set Resolution, Frame rate, Resize mode, Video Compressor and Aduio compressor in their properties dialogs; The app sets Microsoft ADPCM as the default audio compressor. Press OK icon when all settings are completed.
- Then come back the main interface, Click “Open Video” button, select a directory in your computer where the FLV file is stored, change “Files of Type” to “All Files” from the menu drop-down list, and select a FLV file you wish convert, then click the Open icon.
- Now, you have loaded the FLV file in the program, you can preview your FLV file by clicking “Play” botton to make sure this app working well.
- At last, click “Convert” button to start the process of converting FLV to AVI.
Tips
- FLV Definition: FLV stands for Flash Video, FLV streaming media format is a new video format developed by Macromedia, it is a good streaming media solution. Because its higher compression ratio and superior download speed, any video/audio files can be compressed or converted to Flash Video format, and then FLV can be played in websites.
Warnings
- Before your converting Flash Video to AVI, there is an additional requirement, please install “Combined Community Codec Pack” to your pc, just search in google and find it out.
Things You’ll Need
- DirectX 9.0 or later
- Trp Converter
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Sources and Citations
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USER GENERATED CONTENT :: EARLIEST ADAPTERS :: A LOOK BACK IN TIME
Feb 17th
In 1993 we didn’t have streaming media as we know it today, but we did have User Generated Video Content – Public Access television was a big part of my growing up here in New York City – In High School I was friends with a very charismatic gent who hosted a Live Cable show on Manhattan Cable Television … It was a great way to bring our big city together as High School kids from all over the boroughs would call in and some, eventually, would come to the studio to be part of our broadcasting click.
It isn’t surprising that growing up in NYC as an only child I would be drawn to this cool, A/V geekish crowd… Later, after spending 5 years at SUNY Stony Brook and being a big part of their Radio Station WUSB Stony Brook 90.1 FM (“The first station of the 90’s” “Have an Eargasm”) - in 1993 I went to the New York Film Academy and did their accelerated course in Film. Alas, shooting film took too long, I wanted immediate gratification, like radio or the old cable show that happened LIVE – can’t get more immediate satisfaction than that! In an effort to create cool visual entertainment and create a community, drawing in like minded New Yorkers, I signed up with MNN and began taping my own show.
The program was called “SHUT!UP!” and aired for 3 years on NYC’s MNN – the program became very popular and along with that, Nico was a minor F list celebrity in NYC for a short while – I speculate that the character we created (there were many people who contributed to the program) related to how people were feeling at the time and connected with the audience some how – I exerted a great deal of effort in creating a program that was like a kids television program for adults, so it was fun and it show cased my Friends and their shoes (who doesn’t love cool shoes?). It was strange and campy, it was a brand in and of itself….
The success of the brand had many “confirmations” in my mind – One notable example I came across is a feature article in an old issue of SASSY Magazine – Sassy magazine was THE cool, hip mag’ at the time… and Tori Spelling on the cover - Can’t get more hip than that!
COVER: Nico in Sassy Magazine October 1993
- (Left) Nico Picture Center: Sassy Magazine October 1993
The article is called “HOW TO BE A TV STAR IN 10 EASY STEPS” – it’s funny looking back at how calculated the approach to this cable tv project was and how that approach correlates to how we go about producing UGC content for the web today. it was really neat to take this “look back” and if anyone ever doubted that I had any expertise/experience in the area of UGC production – I hope this cute Sassy article brings it home for you! It was, after all, written over 15 years ago!
Nico in Sassy Magazine October 1993
- Sassy Magazine October 1993