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Please read the latest AWS M&E blog on how to do live voice translations with SRT streams. using AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services Company and SyncWords. Don't just caption, monetize with AI translation.

🔎 Discover a new low-latency caption embedding workflow for live broadcasts using AWS services & SyncWords. This solution, utilizing the SRT protocol, enables automatic captions & audio translations without additional hardware. 📺 Learn how it can enhance your live sports & news broadcasts: https://go.aws/3VO8EEp #AWS #Broadcast

Choosing a Hardware Transcoder: New Lesson in Streaming Media 101 I just added a new lesson, Choosing a Hardware Transcoder, to my course, Streaming Media 101: Technical Onboarding for Streaming Media Professionals. The lesson details how to choose the ideal transcoder for cloud or on-premises workflows, considering GPUs and FPGA and ASIC-based transcoders. After discussing criteria like codec support, ease of control, throughput, and quality, the lesson walks through a detailed financial analysis of choosing both a cloud-based and on-premises transcoder. Students can access a Google Sheet to run their own comparisons. Check out more about the lesson and the course via the link below.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27686 adds a new HDR video streaming option in Settings among other improvements here and there. https://lnkd.in/e_aSYatk

Why do we do this to ourselves?? We have a tendency to wait till we’re good at something before sharing because we’re worried about what people will think of it. This is not the best video I’ve made. And I didn’t expect it to be, honestly. I’ll get better, in time. I’ll be working on ways to speed it up, because it’s something I’m focused on. But it’ll still take time to really be a great speaker, and comfortable on camera. So, what’s the thing you’re having a hard time with right now?? Let me know in the comments, or DM if you wanna keep it personal. #growthmindset #improvement #cpg #efforttoequity

Netflix’s WebSocket proxy for the future : Handles Millions of Connections Netflix shared details related to Pushy, a WebSocket messaging platform that supports push notifications and inter-device communication across many different devices for the company’s products. Netflix’s engineers implemented numerous improvements across the Pushy ecosystem to ensure the platform's scalability and reliability and support new capabilities. Pushy is a vital part of an ecosystem of services that delivers notification messages to the Netflix app running on various devices, including TVs, game consoles, mobile phones, and web browsers. Before Moving on the Netflix Blog What is Pushy? Pushy is Netflix’s WebSocket server that maintains persistent WebSocket connections with devices running the Netflix application. This allows data to be sent to the device from backend services on demand, without the need for continually polling requests from the device. Over the last few years, Pushy has seen tremendous growth, evolving from its role as a best-effort message delivery service to being an integral part of the Netflix ecosystem. Do not want to copy and recreate the content below is the original Engineering blog of Netflix https://lnkd.in/gjRmV3Jk

Tune into this #SEPtember insight with Jeremy Knapp as he looks into the challenges of video codec licensing, including SEP pool fragmentation and rising royalty rates. Discover how these factors impact technology adoption and the future of VVC codecs. Watch the video and explore more at the link below.👇 https://hubs.ly/Q02P-3-b0 #SEPs #VVC #VideoTech #Innovation

Dawning Days of DRM Chapter 2 Blu-ray     Episode 5  AACS (1)   In April, 2002, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Sony, Toshiba and Warner started to develop a conventional cipher based technological protection measure using AES, namely Advanced Content Management System (“ACMS”), which was later renamed Advanced Access Control System (“AACS”). While AACS is defined as format neutral, it was viewed as working on behalf of HD-DVD. The timing was coincided with declaration by DVD Forum to pursue its own high-definition solution in April, 2002, which later in the same year lead to formation of HD DVD Promotion Group initiated by NEC and Toshiba along with Intel and Microsoft. Additionally, Toshiba was very close to Time Warner. [Note: Please see “Chapter 2 Blu-ray Episode 1 Format War” for more in detail]   Having learned involvement of Sony with ACMS activities, especially MEI and Philips were quite surprised because they, with Sony, developed CPS for BD-RE ver.1.0, incorporating triple DES and renewal key management mechanism for device keys and media keys, and jointly worked hard to obtain de-facto approval by MPAA in January 2023. [Note: Please see “Chapter 2 Blu-ray Episode 2 CPS for Blu-ray” for more in detail]   Understanding that MPAA was not satisfied with triple DES and they requested conventional cipher based technological protection measure using AES, it was speculated that Hollywood studios would release movie titles only on high-definition optical disc format(s) using AES. Accordingly, MEI used various available routes to better understand ACMS in extremely careful manner, and decided to request the original 6 founders of ACMS to invite an additional founder. Almost at the same time, the 6 founders internally debated and agreed to add another Hollywood studio to the founders. In April, 2004 Disney and MEI were officially invited to become new founders of ACMS. I attended welcome barbecue party in Culver City, CA on April 14, which was followed by the first 8 founders all day meeting of ACMS on the next day.     Basic meeting schedule at that time was composed of weekly conference calls for business (practically for policy and decisions making), legal, technical and marketing (for PR) teams, as well as monthly in person meetings, of which host was rotated amongst 8 founders. Sandra Aistars (then Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Time Warner; currently Professor at George Mason Law School) chaired the business meetings. She used to work at Weil, Gotshall & Manges, LLP, and she and I, along with Bruce Turnbull, Esq. dealt with various DRM related matters to negotiate with content community on behalf of MEI. [Note: Please see “Chapter 1 DVD Episode 7 CSS“ to learn more about involvement of Bruce] I felt it rather ironic to negotiate with Sandra.  

FastMLX: Turn your powerful Mac into an AI home server Using my M3 Max (96GB URAM) to run a VLM, streaming responses to my M1 MacBook Air over WiFi. > pip install -U fastmlx git hub -> https://lnkd.in/dZz2x-7w #ai #genrativeai

H.264 vs. H.265: Video Codecs Compared📺 Video codecs are key to video quality, file size, and playback. H.264 (Advanced Video Coding) ➡Widely adopted, compatible across nearly all devices and platforms. ➡Moderate compression, larger file sizes. ➡ Lower processing power required—ideal for older devices. H.265 (High-Efficiency Video Coding) ➡ Better compression, reducing file size by about 50%. ➡Supports up to 8K resolution. ➡Requires higher processing power and newer hardware. Platforms like YouTube, AWS, Wowza, Dacast, and Brightcove now support H.265, making it the future of high-quality streaming. Optimize Network Infrastructure: Jaze ISP Manager integrates with top BNG providers, supporting RADIUS and Diameter protocols for flexible policy delivery and a seamless end-user experience. #Streaming #VideoCodec #H264vsH265 #ISP #BNG #NetworkOptimization #JazeISPManger