MediaCoder 0.8.15 is just released. A noticeable new feature is the transcoding statistics data visualization. The data set initially includes audio/video bitrate distribution, transcoding speed, and audio/video codecs CPU utilization.
Category Archive: News & Updates
MediaCoder 0.8.15 released with transcoding statistics data visualization (Stanley posted on September 14th, 2012 )
TAGS:statistics
Transcoding statistics data visualization (Stanley posted on September 7th, 2012 )
Right now I am adding transcoding statistics data visualization feature for MediaCoder. The data generated during transcoding, such as bitrate allocation and transcoding speed, can be automatically illustrated into a nice chart for easy observation. HighCharts JS is used for rendering the charts. Here is an example chart.
TAGS:statistics
MediaCoder VOD Edition updated (Stanley posted on August 20th, 2012 )
This is a specialized and commercial version of MediaCoder dedicated for video-on-demand and karaoke project vendors. It features optimized parameters for hardware decoding and more powerful audio track manipulation features, including 2-pass volume normalization, audio conversion between single-track (left/right channels) and dual-track.
Click here for order info.
TAGS:VOD
MPEG drafts twice-as-efficient H.265 video standard, sees use in phones as soon as 2013 (Stanley posted on August 17th, 2012 )
All of that squabbling over H.264 may be rendered moot in the near future. The Motion Picture Experts Group (better known as MPEG) has just let us know that it was quietly drafting a new video standard while everyone was onsummer vacation last month: H.265, also called High Efficiency Video Coding, promises to squeeze video sizes with double the efficiency of H.264. As you might imagine, this could lead either to a much smaller video footprint for bandwidth-starved mobile users or a hike to image quality with the same size as before. Imagine fast-loading HD streaming on 4G, or cable TV without all the excess compression, and you’ve got the idea. Ericsson Research visual technology lead Per Fröjdh anticipates H.265 coming as soon as 2013, when our smartphones and tablets are most likely to play it first. TV and other areas might have to wait, although Fröjdh is offering a consolation prize — he’s teasing a separate MPEG project that could give us glasses-free, compressed 3D video as a standard by 2014.
Origin: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/mpeg-drafts-twice-as-efficient-h-265-video-standard/
TAGS:H.265
MediaCoder now supports encoding to Opus audio format (Stanley posted on August 7th, 2012 )
Opus audio format is added in MediaCoder 0.8.14. The new audio format is adopted by Mozilla Firefox and foobar2000 has supported Opus decoding. It’s going to be supported more and more widely.
Opus audio format is to be added in next release (Stanley posted on August 5th, 2012 )
As Firefox has added support for the new Opus audio format, I am going to add Opus audio encoder in next release of MediaCoder. Stay tuned!
TAGS:Opus audio