Telestream: transcode with speed and automation

 

Since media companies around the world use a wide variety of codecs and containers, it is critical to have speed and automation on your side—to free up your resources to focus on more of the creative work and less of the mundane tasks.

Plex: Next generation transcoding Yep, we just improved hardware transcoding again, giving your CPU a well-deserved break by offloading the work to that generous GPU. Depending on your setup, this means the potential to transcode more concurrent streams with even better performance.

Yep, we just improved hardware transcoding again, giving your CPU a well-deserved break by offloading the work to that generous GPU. Depending on your setup, this means the potential to transcode more concurrent streams with even better performance.

MPEG-G: the ugly

Source: https://globaldossier.uspto.gov/#/result/publication/WO/2018071080/1

The patents all relate to how the sequence is encoded in the MPEG-G draft specification.   Many of these patents have similar problems with prior art, with some claims being sufficiently woolly that CRAM, among others, would infringe on them if granted.  Some are simply huge - over 100 pages of impenetrable lawyer speak and 80+ claims.  Fighting this has become an enormous and unwelcome time sink.
REF: https://datageekdom.blogspot.com/2018/09/

New Dashboard of Plex

New Dashboard to see who’s naughty and nice

Do you share your libraries with friends and family? Wanna know who’s watching what? Now you lucky Plex Pass users have a new Dashboard to replace the previous Now Playing page, giving you instant insight into what’s currently being played and by whom. The new Dashboard can be found in your settings screen , and includes the following:

Plex: TVs are lookin’ fiiine

We’ve updated the user experience on our Samsung and LG apps, as well as PlayStation 4, making it easier to find and enjoy the media that matters most to you. The experience is intended to be super-customizable—more consistent with more flexibility—to let you easily view and listen to different types of media from different sources. This means no more switching sources when you go from Photos (your own server) to Music (your favorite hipster friend’s music library)!

REF: https://support.plex.tv/articles/navigating-the-big-screen-apps/

Meet Roku Premiere

REF: https://www.roku.com/

Plex Web Shows are here!

Plex Web Shows are available today in Beta. Now you can enjoy free, high-quality, episodic shows from amazing publishers like Condé Nast, Bonnier Corp., Fandor, Future, TWiT, Jukin, Studio 71,  in a unified experience across ALL your devices.

REF:  https://www.plex.tv/

Plex: Subtitles without the work

REF: https://www.plex.tv/blog/subtitles-and-sunsets-big-improvements-little-housekeeping/

Netflix: The End of Video Coding?

In the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine issue November 2006 article “Future of Video Coding and Transmission” Prof. Edward Delp started by asking the panelists “Is video coding dead? Some feel that, with the higher coding efficiency of the H.264/MPEG-4 . . . perhaps there is not much more to do. I must admit that I have heard this compression is dead argument at least four times since I started working in image and video coding in 1976.”
REF: https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/the-end-of-video-coding-40cf10e711a2

Plex: See more of your channel lineup

Plex Live TV and DVR in our web app now displays your programming in a familiar, grid-style view, making it easier than ever to see what’s on now and upcoming. Plex Pass subscribers are now able to navigate quickly to the program they want to watch live or record their favorite shows with one click.

REF: https://www.plex.tv/blog/grid-who/

Plex: Now featuring Podcasts!

Enjoy the art of storytelling

We’re thrilled to announce that one of our most-requested features is now available on Plex: Podcasts! With rich metadata and tons of features, like On Deck, personalized recommendations, variable speed playback, a customizable home screen, offline mode (coming soon!), and so much more, now you can enjoy a robust podcast-listening experience on Plex. Available in beta on Android, iOS, Roku, and Web (no Plex Media Server required). Best of all, the Podcasts feature is free for all users.

Plex for Sonos is here!

Plex for Sonos is now available to everyone, making it easy to fill every room in your house with your favorite tunes. Even if you are at the office or at a friend’s place, Plex for Sonos makes it faster and easier than ever to access your Plex music library. You can even Direct Play just about any file type (you heard that right, audiophiles!). Plex is the absolute best way to access and play your ENTIRE personal music collection (not just what you can fit on your phone) from any device, anywhere in the world.

Plex VR now on Oculus Go

Plex: We're on Gear VR for Oculus!

With a Gear VR for Oculus headset and your Galaxy S7/S8/S9, you’re ready for one of the coolest virtual reality experiences out there! Enjoy your shows and movies in a luxurious loft apartment, the void of outer space, or a drive-in theater (with support for 360° and 3D videos). You can even interact with your environment, from drawing the curtains, to picking up and throwing items, and more. With Plex VR, you’re going to look forward to rainy days to spend in another virtual world.

Plex: Chromecast gets a new look

Plex Live TV & DVR for sports!

You don’t have to miss out on any of your highly-anticipated matches or games when you cut the cord. With Plex Live TV & DVR, all you need is a supported antenna and tuner to watch any of the games broadcasted free over-the-air. Our easy-to-use program guide and powerful search help you easily find matches you want—to watch live on any device, or record for later—AND time shift, or get rid of commercials. All of this in HD glory (where available)! Don’t miss out!

REF: https://www.plex.tv/ad/sports/

Plex news on all of your devices

Your news on all of your devices

Plex News gives you a consistent experience on every screen — watch your morning headlines on the TV then continue catching up on your phone during your commute. This feature is currently available on Android TV, NVIDIA SHIELD, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, Plex Web, Android Mobile, and iOS, with other platforms to follow. Plex News is ad-supported, which means that it comes at no additional cost to you, allowing everyone to enjoy high quality news content.

Plex: News on your terms

Real news, personalized by you

Personalize your news feed with over 190 global publisher partners (and growing!), including international sources, like Associated Press (AP), Reuters, Financial Times, Euronews, and top local news sources for over 80% of markets in the US.

Adding NewTek Native File Codecs to Your System by Chuck Baker Earlier this year in the v3.3 FFmpeg update, support was added for NewTek’s SpeedHQ native video file format, making it available in the many applications using the FFmpeg libraries. (Read the details here: NewTek’s Native Video File Format Goes Global.) Many applications, however, require codecs to be separately installed on an operating system in order to make them available in an application. For those applications, NewTek provides codec installers for Windows and Mac on our Downloads Page.

lavfi-generated streams with ffmpeg

Figure 1: You can combine lavfi-generated streams to achieve all sorts of interesting effects.
REF: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2018/207/Tutorials-FFmpeg-Devices