Archive for the ‘Flash Video’ Category

Flash on Adobe, flash on!

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

flash onI spotted this post over at Beedigital and just had to click on the link to check out Adobe flash on. After spending just a few minutes on it, I wanted to help spread the word so here I am writing this post. I’m going to dig deeper, but it looks like the short explanation of it (my own explanation anyway) is that it’s a video portal where you can choose different categories of videos to watch. With categories like horror, animation, lifestyle, hd, action, comedy and several others, there’s plenty of video there to keep you entertained for a good while. Check it out when you have a few minutes.

Thanks for the post Mário.

Have you seen the new Patrón commercials yet?

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Patrón Simply PerfectWe’ve just added the TV spots to the Patrón Simply Perfect site. If you’d like to talk about retiring early vs. getting a yacht or the perfect girl vs. the perfect one night stand, check them out when you get a sec. While you’re watching each spot, you can click on the “Join this debate” link and it will take you to the debate in the commercial.

“World’s First Live Video Encoding Application for Flash 8″

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

On2 Technologies Announces On2 Flix Live 8 for Flash Video

From the press release:

On2 Flix Live makes broadcast-quality video webcasting on the Flash Platform available to enterprises and content delivery networks. It is the first application on the market that is capable of encoding live feeds in On2 VP6, the advanced video technology in Macromedia Flash Player 8 from Adobe.

The application is powered by the On2 Live SDK for Flash, which delivers live Flash video at the highest image quality while also maintaining low streaming latency. Working closely with Adobe, On2 designed the On2 Live SDK for Flash to deliver live streaming video directly to Adobe’s Flash Media Server 2.0 using Adobe’s RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol).

Read the full press release here.

You can check out the On2 Flix products here.

Review: Five Top Personal Video Sites

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

The 5 “most popular video sites” seem to have something in common. What is it? They all use Flash!
From TechWeb:

…AOL Uncut Video, Blip.tv, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and YouTube. All of the services use Macromedia Flash for formatting and displaying video content. Flash is perfect for this role, as it is cross-platform and eliminates any complications with video file types or having to install specific players or codecs…

Flash video is most definately here to stay (as if there was ever any question).

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Speaking of user generated content and video, I’ll go ahead and plug the Patrón Simply Perfect site again here since you can upload your own audio and/or video to it.
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Online Ad Leader Capitalizes on Surging Popularity of Flash 8 Video

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Online advertising. Like it or not, it’s huge. Flash ads are everywhere you look (and there are some pretty darn cool ones out there). If you haven’t heard of PointRoll, they “offer a solution to the poor performance of the standard banner – a suite of products and services that allows agencies, advertisers and publishers to deliver user-friendly, online ads that engage their target.”

And they have now embraced Flash 8 video:

Here’s a piece of the story:

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Jan. 24, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — PointRoll, Inc. (http://www.pointroll.com) has partnered with On2 Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:ONT - News) to add Flash 8 video encoding capabilities to PointRoll video units. As part of the agreement, PointRoll is licensing On2’s Flix Engine and Flix Pro toolsets, the Company’s premiere Flash 8 video encoding solution for the enterprise, to enable PointRoll to create and deliver the industry’s highest quality Flash 8 video-enabled online advertisements. The move to Flash 8 video reinforces PointRoll’s commitment to working with best-of-breed technology providers to deliver the highest quality video units for the advertising and creative community.

You can read the rest here.

Moving On2 the subject of video - part 2

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

In part 1, I talked about just a few ties between On2 and online video. In this part, I’d like to talk about a couple of areas On2 is involved in outside of the internet.

Before I get going, I’d like to point out a link that someone emailed me as an introduction to On2 for those that aren’t familiar with the company. Click here to read it.

Now On2 the rest of my post:

Let’s start with XM Radio and how they teamed up with On2 to unveil Satellite Video Delivery at CES earlier this month:
From the story:
“The advanced concept video receivers are designed to receive audio and video entertainment from XM’s signature satellite content delivery services. Video content can be either streamed live or stored on the in-vehicle receivers for later playback. These solutions leverage groundbreaking On2 VP7 technology to ensure the best quality video at low data rates.”
Care to see some pictures of the Lexus equipped with the XM Radio Advanced Services Concept? Just click here.

How about the Texas Instruments DSP (digital signal processors) Partnership:
“DVD-quality video at under 1 Mbps. Ideal for low-bit rate VOD, surveillance, or IP initiatives. Codec is scalable to accommodate network throughput. Achieves superior results across various consumer playback appliances. Bit rate is 85% more efficient than MPEG-2.”

Or, if you’re more into mobile platforms, try the On2 and CTTnet connection:
“On2 and CTTnet stated that they have achieved significant technical milestones in integrating VP7 on the Symbian(TM),Smartphone and PDA mobile operating system and currently have VP7 operating on four Symbian handsets more than ten Smartphone and several PDA at data rates as low as 28 kbps, flow video playing at 5-8Frame per second.”
- By the way, CTTnet is China Transport Telecommunications Broadband Network Service Co., Ltd…. Do you know how many people there are in China? And do you know how many phones, PDAs, handsets, etc. that means there are in China? I’ll leave it at that.

How about On2’s partnerships with companies like Electronic Arts for video games? Or maybe the partnership with LeapFrog? Or BBC? Or Intel? I could go on and on, but I think you should just take a quick look at On2’s client/partner list. You can find it here.

Ok, I need to cut this post now (I’ve got an extra early start tomorrow morning). As a final word, I’d like to say keep an eye on these guys, I think they are going to be a major force in the field. Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Drag, drop, watch - On2 Video Publisher for Adobe Flash 8

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

On Video PublisherFrom the site:

The On2 Video Publisher for Adobe Flash 8 is a web browser plug-in that enables users to encode video content (either pre-recorded or captured live from a camera) in Adobe Flash 8 format and upload the video to a website or file server.

To encode video, all the user needs is a web browser–nothing else!

If you are a web site that supports or wants to add video sharing, blogging, or uploading, the On2 Video Publisher offers the following advantages:

  • Incredibly simple to use - drag, drop, watch!
  • Decreased upload time. Users upload compressed video instead of large, uncompressed (or poorly compressed) files.
  • Decreased server load. You won’t need racks of dedicated servers to compress uploaded video. Processor-intensive encoding is done on the user’s own computer!
  • The best video quality, period. Users upload videos that are already converted to Flash 8, saving you the trouble of trying to support conversion of every videos format under the sun, such as Windows Media, Quicktime, Real, MPEG-2, H.263, and so on.
  • Speed. There is no waiting for a server to transcode the video. Once encoded video is uploaded it can be instantly posted on your site for viewing.

Check it out here.

Moving On2 the subject of video - part 1

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

So let’s talk video a little bit, shall we? More specifically, let’s talk codec… let’s talk On2. I’ve got several posts here that directly involve On2 Technologies and there has been a good amount of discussion about them between me and a few of my coworkers. My personal focus on them is their involvement with Flash 8 and the incredible improvement in the quality of Flash video since On2’s VP6 codec was added in. I’ve had the opportunity to work on several projects which involved Flash video since the time that VP6 was added and I have to say that I am extremely impressed. Flash video can now stand up against the quality of Windows Media and QuickTime video.

With all of the talk I’ve been seeing/hearing about moving into the digital video age with internet video, video blogs (”vlogs”), video phones, etc., I’d like to take a quick look at where our friends at On2 come in. For each of these, I will pull a little info from the website of the On2 partner in question just in case anyone isn’t familiar with them.
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VitalStream + On2 + Flash 8 = Sundance Online Film Festival

Monday, January 16th, 2006

I think the title of this post says it all, but here’s a clip from the press release:

DEEPBLU Studios, the creative group behind the world-renowned showcase for independent filmmakers, is leveraging VitalStream’s powerful content delivery network (CDN) optimized for Flash 8 video delivery and On2 Technologies’ Flash 8 video encoding tools to enhance the official Web site for the event, http://festival.sundance.org/2006/. On2’s product, On2 Flix Pro, enables creation and delivery of Flash 8 video content for a high-quality, seamless online experience for attendees.

Read the full press release here.

Stickam.com’s New Online Web Tool Raises the Bar

Friday, January 13th, 2006

stickamNext-generation web tool takes media management one step closer to ideal.

For Immediate Release

LOS ANGELES/EWORLDWIRE/Jan. 13, 2006 — “Where would you stick it?” is the word on the street.

Advanced Video Communication, Inc (AVC) introduces a personalized, self-managed Stickam player. Stickam (www.stickam.com) is a fresh new concept for the notion of all-in-one-web media tools. This next-generation website media tool is raising the standard for online applications, allowing users to compile pictures, movies, audio files, video chat and more using one media player. Webcam users can broadcast live to any page they designate the player to appear on, whether or not they are online. Visitors will also have access to any other multimedia files users wish to share.

…Using one online media tool that only requires Macromedia Flash(TM) and with no hidden charges, users will have a suite of features that sets this product apart from its competitors….

Read the rest here.