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Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 - 360 Video Platform

Posted about 1 year ago by Adam Knight - Posted in Software

Hey,

It's not often you get something that surprises you and puts a smile on your face. So when I installed my copy of Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 on my MacBook Pro last week I was genuinely surprised with what I received.

Everyone know's Sorenson make some truly remarkable encoding software, I can't really make that point any better than the thousands of others who already have so I won't. However, as part of the package when you buy Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 you also get a complimentary Sorenson 360 Video Platform account allowing you 5GB Video Storage and 5GB Bandwidth. This is just a taster and I'm sure most people would need more space and bandwidth than that, but it does let you give the system a real workout.

The quality of the video is phenomenal, and the CMS system Sorenson has implemented has made organizing and distributing your video files really easy. The client approval function is very cool, once the client signals he's happy the system lets you know by email and or SMS message.

Sorenson 360 isn't a product that AV3 can sell but I was so impressed I thought everyone should know about it and give it a go, now! And don't forget you get a complimentary account when you purchase Squeeze.

Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 for Mac & Windows on AV3Software.com.

Till soon,

Adam

Sorenson 360 Information

https://www.sorensonmedia.com/video-delivery-network/

Quality is credibility. Sorenson 360 v2 combines award-winning encoding with a customizable feature set to offer the ultimate enterprise grade online video platform.

Content Management

Easily organize videos in folders and subfolders. Cohesively manage multiple users and sub-accounts.

Video in the Cloud

Efficient delivery, scalability, storage and security with robust video infrastructure.

RTMP Streaming

Viewers can skip to any point in a video, even partway through a clip without having to download the beginning.

Custom Players & Playlists

Emphasize your brand. Fully customize white label video players & create playlists on the fly with simple drag and drop functionality.

Metrics & Video SEO

Best of breed video SEO tools. Track audience engagement with intuitive analytics.

Intelligent Embed Codes

A Sorenson exclusive offering, includes native support for SmartPhones (such as the iPhone), Tablets (iPad) and other devices.

Posted by Adam Knight
Tags: Video , Sorenson , Squeeze , Media , 360 ,

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Sorenson Media Update Squeeze to 6.5

Posted about 1 year ago by Paul Goodison - Posted in Software

“With Squeeze 6.5, the industry’s best encoding solution just got better,” said Randon Morford, director of product management for Sorenson Media. “Squeeze users can now enjoy the most effective means ever for publishing video directly to the cloud as well as top-quality HD decoding and encoding capability. This set of user benefits is continued evidence of our commitment to delivering the tools and services that our customers need.”

Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 update - What's new?

Among the new capabilities in Sorenson Squeeze 6.5, is the ability for the first time to decode the AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) format. AVCHD records high-definition video to DVD, hard drives, or flash memory cards as .m2ts, .mts, or .m2t files and is the most common recording format for high definition video cameras at the prosumer and high-end consumer market.
Other significant benefits of Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 include three new filters: enhanced de-interlacing, image rotation and optimized color conversion. The new deinterlacing filter works automatically as a default setting to increase encoding quality and speed and is faster than any previous version of Sorenson Squeeze. Image rotation improves video capture capability in mobile devices by converting portrait orientation to landscape, while encoding speed is further increased through optimized color conversion in Sorenson Squeeze 6.5.

New publishing capabilities have also been added. The software now has the unique ability to publish encoded video content directly to users’ Amazon Web Services S3 accounts. This capability brings significant benefits to enterprise users and small-to-medium companies who use the AWS cloud to manage and distribute their videos across the Internet, and builds on the software’s ability to publish to a variety of locations, such as the Sorenson 360 online video platform, YouTube or an FTP server.

Posted by Paul Goodison
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MainConcept new products

Posted about 1 year ago by Paul Goodison - Posted in Plug-ins

MainConcept have produced 2 new plugin sets - one for CS5 and one for Final Cut Pro:

Codec Suite 5.0 for Adobe CS5

Codec Suite 5, the successor to the popular MPEG Pro HD plug-in from MainConcept, is a set of full-featured, native 64-bit editing and export Plug-Ins for Adobe's breakthrough interactive design tools.
MainConcept Codec Suite 5 comes in two different versions and with an additional Dolby Digital Professional audio add-on as well to suit the needs of all users working with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 from the digital media enthusiast to professionals working with production level media formats:

Codec Suite 5 Professional: For CS5 users who need advanced encoding options, accelerated H.264/AVC CUDA encoding and Smart Rendering.
Codec Suite 5 Broadcast: For CS5 users who need advanced encoding options, accelerated H.264/AVC CUDA encoding, Smart Rendering and who also need to input from and output to various production level media formats.
Dolby Digital Professional Add-On for CodecSuite 5: For CS5 users needing to encode sequences in the Dolby Digital Pro format in stereo or 5.1 channels and who also need to optimize their audio streams with high end options.

Key Features at a glance:

CUDA H.264/AVC Encoding support allows for up to 10X faster HD H.264 encoding if a CUDA compatible GPU is installed on the system. CPU utilization during encoding can also be reduced to as low as XX% by using the CUDA encoder. (on the SDK side we say this but need to check with Frank if this is the case here as well).
Smart Rendering of MPEG-1/2, DVCPRO and AVC-Intra optimizes the editing workflow in Premiere Pro by only re-encoding segments of video that have changed..*
Dolby Digital Professional 5.1 Add-On to support Blu-ray Disc, AVCHD and DVD creation .
Generic MXF OP1-a and OP-Atom container support for MPEG-2, DVCPRO and AVC-Intra formats. **
Export up to 6 channels AES-3 audio in XDCAM, P2 and generic MXF formats
Full Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra and DVCPRO camcorder and deck generation support as well as for the Ikegami GFCAM and Canon XF series.

*General H.264/AVC Smart Rendering support is scheduled for an upcoming update.
**Generic MXF AVC-Intra currently only supports import of OP-1a.

MainConcept Codec Suite 5.0 at AV3 software

Movie Export 1.0 for Final Cut Pro

MovieExport Plug-In for Final Cut Pro, iMovie, QuickTime Pro, etc.

Key features of MovieExport 1.0:

Plug-In Specific Features:

Easy-to-use, preset based encoding plug-in for Final Cut Pro, QuickTime Pro, iMovie, etc.
Improve the workflow for users on Mac OS X, allowing the export of projects using high-quality MainConcept codecs.
Available as Professional and Broadcast version.
Direct access to the most important settings via QuickTime export like resolution, video type, frame rate and bitrate.
Create new user-defined presets with the Reference application and import into the MovieExport plug-in.
Special approach for selecting preset formats for exporting projects by choosing the file format and extension, resp.
Automatic gamma shift correction

Codec Specific Features:

Panasonic P2 DVCPRO and AVC-Intra Class 50/100 transcoding presets, including MXF support.
JPEG2000 Encoder allows creation DCP compliant frames.
Ready-to-use XDCAM presets for the whole Sony XDCAM portfolio.
Blu-ray compliance for MPEG-2, H.264/AVC and VC-1 streams.
Create Adobe Flash compliant F4V streams. Generate all sorts of Transport Streams for H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, VC-1 and MPEG-4 Part 2.
Render projects into Microsoft WMV format.
MXF output for MPEG-2, AVC-Intra, DVCPRO and JPEG2000.
Ready-to-use Apple iPad and HTML5 presets.

MovieExport 1.0 for Final Cut Pro at AV3 Software

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