AVC

Meeting: Video Compression Fundamentals Tech Breakfast

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11th July 2018, 09:00 BST
Location: Jigsaw24, 8 Golden Square, Soho, London, W1F 9HY

The Tech Breakfast at Jigsaw24 continue this time with a look at video compression fundamentals. Codecs are a vital part of the industry and almost part of day to day life, so the experts from root6, Phil Crawley and Matt Ward, will help you get a grasp of the basics and understand what’s happening with today’s codecs, be that HEVC, AV1 or trusty MPEG4. All this, plus a pastry and a drink!

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Video: Choosing B-frame Interval and Reference Frames

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Jan Ozer from Streaming Learning Center takes us through the basics and ways to use B-frames in MPEG encoding. Covering:

  • Common B-Frame settings
  • Choosing the right B-Frame interval
  • What reference frames do
  • Understanding quality/encoding-time trade-off
  • Choosing the number of reference frames.

Great for remembering what you once knew or learning MPEG in a bit more depth, anyone who knows a little about MPEG encoding can benefit from this recorded webinar.

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Webinar: Foundational Concepts: Video Compression, Processing and Delivery

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On demand webinar from AWS Elemental covering some streaming basics.

In this webcast, you will:
• Learn how to create and deliver video over the internet
• Understand video codecs, containers, popular delivery methods and content delivery networks
• Consider methods, including adaptive bitrate streaming, that enable high-quality video to be delivered to a wide range of internet-connected devices
• Learn about the latest trends in video compression and delivery

Increasing smartphone subscriptions and data volumes per subscription are driving rapid growth in mobile data traffic, much of which is video content. According to multiple industry reports, these trends will continue for the near future, and by 2020, 75 percent of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index. Technical and business leaders at organizations that aim to expand offerings using video need to understand the complexities of delivering premium viewing experiences to consumers.

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