Not all OVPs are alike. Here's a look at what they all have in common, as well as differentiating features.
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Posted 10 Mar 2011
An explanation of HTML5 and HTML5 Video, including history, patent issues, and current use by Apple, Microsoft, Google, Adobe, and others.
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Posted 10 Mar 2011
Our annual test of the leading desktop encoding programs.
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Posted 10 Mar 2011
MPEG LA's call for patents could do serious damage to the WebM format and lead to the industry standardizing on H.264. Let's hope!
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Posted 07 Mar 2011
A high-level view of streaming media technology, history, and the online video market landscape
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Posted 26 Feb 2011
Live streaming on a notebook can be the best of all possible worlds, but how powerful a machine do you need, and how do the various live streaming software programs stack up? We look at tools from Adobe, Kulabyte, Microsoft, and Telestream.
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Posted 18 Feb 2011
The latest version of the Flash Player significantly reduces the CPU resources required for video playback, and beats HTML5-based WebM in most deployments
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Posted 14 Feb 2011
The latest iteration of Sorenson Squeeze isn't perfect, but it's still the best desktop transcoding tool on the market.
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Posted 25 Jan 2011
With WebM, Google hasn't created any new revenue opportunities, opened any new markets or increased the size of the pie. They've just made it more expensive to get your share, all in the highly ethereal pursuit of "open codec technologies."
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Posted 12 Jan 2011
With Google's announcement that it's dropping H.264 support in Chrome in favor of WebM, it's time to start looking at the format. Here's a look at how to get the best WebM quality.
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Posted 12 Jan 2011
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