This site provides links to resources featured in the The Ultimate Streaming Seminar.

Sorenson Services USA Web Video Showcase

Streaming Web Video Demos - As shown in the seminar

Video Bandwidth Estimator - Helps you find the right bit rate for your web video

SPONSOR

Sorenson Services USA - Providers of web video and digital video encoding and consulting services, Real Networks Partner and Apple Solution Experts Consultants. Contact us for more information.

TOOLS

Apple Computer - Creators of the QuickTime streaming media architecture

QuickTime TV
QuickTime Authoring Resources
QuickTime Tools (including MakeRefMovie)
Download QuickTime Installer
Download QuickTime Stand-Alone Installer - for installing on multiple computers
Alternate data rates and download MakeRefMovie application
Final Cut Pro - Apple's professional video editing application
iMovie - Apple's free amateur DV editing application
Embed Tags - documentation for embedding QuickTime movies in web pages
QuickTime Tools & Utilities
QuickTime Browser Plug-In Auto Detection Page
QT Tag Converter - automatically converts QuickTime embed tags to support ActiveX for compatibility with Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 and 6.0

Real Networks - Creators of Real Media

Real.com content showcase
Download the Real Player
Real Networks Products including RealProducer, RealPresenter, RealSlideShow, RealServer and other software applications
Real Networks Partners program

WindowsMedia.com - Content showcase and player download

Windows Media Developer Central
Windows Media Home
Windows Media Programs for content and service providers
Windows Media Rights Manager
Windows Media 9 Announced

Video Players for Palm OS

gMovie Player and gMovie Maker from GenericMedia
FireViewer and FireProducer from FirePad

Discreet - Encoding application developer

Cleaner 5 for on demand encoding
Cleaner Live for live streaming Real and Windows Media

Sorenson Media - Developer of Sorenson Video and Sorenson Broadcaster

Streaming Media Calculator - Helps you plan your budget and required bandwidth.

Qualcomm - Creators of the Qualcomm PureVoice audio Codec

QuickTime Streaming Servers (QTSS)

Apple Mac OS X Server
Apple Darwin Open Source Project - open source QTSS for FreeBSD Unix, Red Hat Linux 6.2, Solaris 7 and Windows NT.

Totally Hip Software - Creators of the Live Stage Pro and Live Slide Show QuickTime authoring tools

MovieWorks Interactive - Creators of the MovieWorks QuickTime authoring tool

TribeWorks - Creators of the free iShell QuickTime authoring tool

NetFinder - The easy-to-use, drag-and-drop FTP application for Mac OS

NeuronBroadcasting - Hardware encoding solutions for live broadcasting

ARTICLES AND RESEARCH

HiWire Reports - Excellent archive of market research from Arbitron, Jupiter, Measurecast, Netvalue and Nielsen including reports on "streamies".

Streaming Media Market Report 2001 by Dale Sorenson
This article offers the latest Neilson//NetRatings data on who's viewing what and compares QuickTime, Real Media and Windows Media.

Lights, Camera, Broadband and TV Could Dominate Broadband by Matt Hicks
Two articles from eWeek examine how broadband strategies and streaming video are helping companies increase their web traffic and profits.

The Right Tools for the Job - Excellent article on interactive web design from TheStandard

Apple looks to new QuickTime for video spark, CNET Article by John Borland,

The Many Faces of MPEG-4, DV.com Article by Ben Waggoner
This feature is a great primer on MPEG-4, the open-source future of streaming media.

Managing Loss by Alex Grant examines the technical aspects of compression algorithms.

Glossary of Video Terms

New Media Matrix - Detailed feature comparison of QuickTime, Real Media and Windows Media from Retiarius Enterprises

RESOURCES

Streaming Video CODEC Shootout by AlphaVideo - An excellent comparison of codecs

CODEC Central - Extensive resources on streaming media architectures and codecs

The Little QuickTime Page - Frequently updated QuickTime news site

Akamai - Providers of streaming media hosting, including hosting for QuickTime TV in partnership with Apple Computer

Neilson/NetRatings - Sells streaming media and other Internet usage statistics and research

Peachpit Press - Publishers of "how-to" computer books

QuickTime Pro for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
Final Cut Pro for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide

Yahoo Links to Real-Time Broadcasting Resources

Yahoo Links to QuickTime Resources

MBONE FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions on Multicast Backbone

Judy and Robert's Little QuickTime Page - QuickTime news

StreamingMedia.com

Building Windows Media Encoding Stations

Encoding Windows Media for PocketPC

MadMacs - Inexpensive QuickTime Streaming Hosting

ORGANIZATIONS

Internet Streaming Media Alliance - A multi-company organization promoting standardization of streaming protocols.

New York New Media Association Streaming Media Special Interest Group

WebCasters.org

WEB VIDEO SHOWCASES

AtomFilms - Thousands of short films mostly in Real and Windows Media format (some QuickTime)
Apple Computer's QuickTime Showcase
Heavy.com - Entertainment Site
Intertainer - Windows Media entertainment site (requires Windows 98, 2000, ME or XP)
Real Guide
Windows Media New Releases

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