Video: HOW TO: Building a More Robust Cloud Encoder With FFMPEG & More


A great ffmpeg how-to from Jan Ozer followed by cloud deployment advice from RealEyes Media.

Starting from some of the basics of the ffmpeg command line, working up to HLS packaging, Jan Ozer offers advanced alternatives along side the familiar commands.
By taking control of your own encoding and packaging, you can greatly reduce cost and maintain high adaptability and agility to meet your needs now and in the future. When working with cloud encoding, there are several transcoding and packaging options, and the APIs for these options will change over time. David Hassoun and Jun Heider, from RealEyes Mediatalk talk about how to build a more dynamic cloud encoder that can use the best tool for a specific job by decoupling the tools from the core application, as well as how to mix and match multiple operations concurrently on a single encoding task. Operations include WebVTT and AAC sidecar manifests, DASH assets, metadata, video quality, and stream muxing/demuxing. This session covers some of the strategies we’ve used to handle dynamic cloud encoding and packaging for live and VOD delivery.

This is talk from Streaming Media West 2017

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Webinar: State of the Broadcast Industry 2018 – Ooyala


Webinar: February 6, 2018, 18:00 GMT | 10AM PST
Ooyala’s Paula Minardi, Head of Content Strategy and Jim O’Neill, Principal Analyst and Strategic Media Consultant, take us through Ooyala’s 2018 State of the Broadcast Industry report highlighting:

  • OTT 2.0: The powerful next phase of over-the-top viewing
  • New viewer trends, from “sometime streamers” to “OTT service stackers”
  • The long-form boom and where investments are headed

…and much more.

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Webinar: SMPTE Standards Update Webcast: Perceptual EOTF


HDR support continues to improve, but the challenge of traditional infrastructure limitations and the desire for efficient packaging prevent utilization of large bit depths everywhere.
This SMPTE Educational Webcast explores how the Electro-Optical Transfer Function (EOTF) really defines an electronic imaging signal and what that means for the use of higher dynamic range content. In addition, the development of a signal definition based on the human visual system model promises to optimize its perceptual efficiency.
Scott Miller from Dolby puts the focus on the PA HDR technology developed by Dolby Labs with some comparisons to HLG.

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Video: Cinema Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by Mark Schubin


An important reminder of the psychology and biology of watching films – it’s not just about technology.
As we approach the 125th anniversary of people paying to watch movies, Mark Schubin, who has been working in the field for 50 years, takes us on a journey from seemingly undirected early “actualities,” through a century of innovations, to some possible futures for the field. Can two people see completely different things in the same image? Why does a cinema viewer’s attire matter? Is there a correlation between ticket price and enjoyment?

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