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Sorenson Squeeze 5 Released

By VideoPro | Published: April 22, 2008
Squeeze 5 Pro is the latest release of Sorenson Media’s professional media encoding software. The new release is a major upgrade in features and usability compared to earlier versions. Improved audio and video quality, faster multithreaded encoding, and smoother workflow are just a few reasons Squeeze 5 should be in your arsenal of multimedia tools. [...]
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Flowplayer: Open Source Flash Video Player For Your Website

By VideoPro | Published: April 1, 2008
Adding Flash Video to a website without using a service like Vimeo or YouTube can be challenging if you are not a Flash Action Script expert. Maybe you have a intranet or paid content site and you need to host the video files on your own server and want to display the files in a [...]
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Calculating Bitrates For Web Video

By VideoPro | Published: February 24, 2008
To accompany his latest book on Flash Video, Robert Reinhardt has developed a awesome bitrate calcuator you can use to figure out target bitrates for your web video. http://www.flashsupport.com/books/fvst/files/tools/flv_bitrate.html Also, if you haven’t read his latest book, be sure to check it out. 5 Stars at Amazon! Here is a brief description: From pre-production to [...]
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Frame Size Secrets: Your Video Dimensions Should Be Evenly Divisible By 16

By VideoPro | Published: January 24, 2008
Whether you are encoding to QuickTime or Flash Video, it is a best practice to ensure that the width and height of your video is evenly divisible by 16. Although some modern codecs do not require this, it is best to keep it in mind for all your projects to guarantee the best results. In [...]
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