When Tim Cook introduced Apple Watch last fall I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but I was pretty sure I’d be wearing one soon after its release. Fast forward six months and the time came to order Apple Watch. I was not part of the original rush of orders and ordered mine about aRead more
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For anyone following our Labs Series, you know that we’ve gotten our hands on a lot of Android phones. Samsung Galaxies, a Droid Turbo, and even the much maligned Amazon Fire Phone. Not to mention the Xiaomi MI3 that we currently have in testing. While these phones certainly have their differences in both form andRead more
Yesterday our friends over at Vidcaster featured out president, Jeff Malkin, in their High Flyer series. It was an educating and entertaining interview that covered a range of topics including: Who is encoding.com? What is video encoding? What is Adaptive Bitrate Video and why is it important? What’s the future of video formats that publishersRead more
Encoding.com is the airline and Harmonic Inc. is the airplane manufacturer. Let me explain why. Encoding.com disrupted the marketplace by making video encoding available as a webservice, greatly reducing the friction required to leverage enterpise class encoding and compute resources. Harmonic Inc. is the undisputed leader in video infrastructure. They build video compression algorithms andRead more
A customer recently created a Vid.ly as a test of our platform. If you like sharks, you’ll find this footage mesmerizing. We’re serving the sharks up via Vid.ly, our encode ONCE deliver to ALL devices feature of Encoding.com to ensure an optimized experience for all viewers. Want to learn more about how Vid.ly can benefitRead more
In the grand scheme of things, web services backed by cloud computing is still a pretty new concept. We’ve been believers since the beginning, and the evolution of our platform makes our commitment clear. There are lots of reasons to leverage the power of the cloud by using our innovative media services platform. Below areRead more
The world of video editing, transcoding, decoding, rendering, and delivery, is unto itself with its own tools, its own language, and its own processes and workflows. Even to the experienced videographer or compression engineer it can be a lot to keep track of, and there is often confusion defining and using common terms. Codecs andRead more
With the holiday season in full swing, one thing is on everyone’s mind; vacation. Holiday dinners and trips to grandmother’s house are house on deck, so now is not a time to let your video encoding tasks bog you down. That’s why we’ve put a lot of effort into providing integration methods that will automateRead more
One of the first questions I had when I started working at Encoding.com was “What’s the difference between encoding and transcoding?”. I had always used them interchangeably, as does most of the rest of the world. I decided to do a quick internet search and was surprised that I did not find a clear answer.Read more
We’ve all been there. Up late. Night before a deadline. Crazy list of project requirements. All you have to do is finish all the encoding tasks. . . By staying up all night long. Then, the unthinkable hits. A dreaded error message. Here are a list of top video encoding challenges, and how the typicalRead more