Introduction to Streaming Multimedia

An overview of technologies providing video, audio, and animation over the Internet. Issues to consider before incorporating these formats onto your web page.

Down with Wintel, man

Convinced that the I-way is the way? Are applets really the start of a new beginning? Our comical take on the whole situation.

Codec Comparison

Interested in TrueMotionS or Smacker? Caught the fractal bug? Here's a chance to see how these codecs compare to Indeo 3.2, Indeo video interactive and Cinepak, plus a sidebar on Indeo video interactive.

Current Interest

Fun and Games with IVI

An overview and advice on Indeo Video Interactive, the latest digital video technology from Intel.

Multimedia and Windows '95 - Video Creation and Playback (6/95)

Originally published in CD-ROM Professional Magazine - Uses benchmark and real world tests to measure Windows 95's impact on video capture, compression and playback. Includes performance tables and graphics.

Comparing the Software MPEG players - Xing, MediaMatics and CompCore (7/95)

Originally published in Morph's Outpost - How do the software MPEG players stack up? Did Microsoft buy, in Mediamatics, a pig in a poke or a diamond in the rough? Plus drama! Can our slightly seedy sleuth earn a consulting fee from a Sharon Stone lookalike?

MPEG Primer for CD-ROM Publishers (5/95)

Originally published in CD-ROM Professional - Want the lay of the MPEG land in 1/2 hour or less? Read who's doing what with whom, and how CD-ROM publishers are starting to integrate MPEG into the title plans.

"How to" Titles

Palettes

Helpful tips to avoid the dreaded pitfall of The Palette Zone....

Links to Other Articles from Jan Ozer

Other Previously Published Resources from Professor Compressor, Jan Ozer

• MPEG Overview, Interactivity, June, 1996
  
• Comparison of MPEG Service Bureaus, CD-ROM Professional, July, 1996
  
• Portable documents: the HTML alternative. (includes related article on the HTML standard) (Internet, Computer Shopper, April 1996 v16 n4 p613(4).
  
• Audio... video... live from the Web! (audio and video software for the Web) (Cover Story), PC Magazine, March 26, 1996 v15 n6 p102(2).

Software codecs

• Software video codecs: the search for quality.(comparison of six leading software video compressor/decompressors), Newmedia, Jan 29, 1996 v6 n2 p46(5).
• Alternate codecs (comparing TrueMotionS, Smacker, Fractal Codec and Motion Pixels), CD-ROM Professional, February, 1996.
• Indeo sets the standard for video quality, but some features may be ahead of their time.(Intel's Indeo video interactive video-compression software), PC Magazine, Jan 9, 1996 v15 n1 p37(2).
• Video with fewer compromises.(Horizon Technology's TrueMotion-S Compressor video software), PC Magazine, Jan 9, 1996 v15 n1 p38(1).
• Making movies: desktop video-editing software.(includes related article on product profiles), Computer Shopper, July 1995 v15 n7 p538(9).

Video Capture Boards

• Capture and compress video with Quadrant's Q-Motion 150. (Quadrant International), Computer Shopper, Dec 1995 v15 n12 p210(1).
• Digital video directors; compression on the fly moves professional-quality video-capture cards into the PC mainstream. (12 video capture boards) (includes related articles on test methodology, tips on directing, tips on tricky installs), Computer Shopper, June 1995 v15 n6 p154(12).
• Digital video: shot by shot. (includes related articles on Editors' Choices, benchmark tests)(overview of 11 evaluations of video capture boards) (individual evaluation records searchable under "Digital Video Shot By Shot"), PC Magazine, April 11, 1995 v14 n7 p104(8).

MPEG Playback Boards

• ELSAmotion: instant Windows MPEG video. (ELSA Inc), PC Magazine, Sept 26, 1995 v14 n16 p48(1).
• Two MPEG decoders: desktop video evolves to the next level.(Jazz Multimedia Jakarta; Sigma Design RealMagic RAVE), PC Magazine, May 16, 1995 v14 n9 p37(2).

MPEG Encoders

• Sony RTE-3000B (Sony Professional Video). PC Magazine, March 26, 1996 v15 n6.
• Ulead MPEG Converter slowly compresses video. (Ulead Systems), PC Magazine, Dec 19, 1995 v14 n22 p57(1).
• RealMagic Producer directs a practical video solution. (Sigma Designs), PC Magazine, June 27, 1995 v14 n12 p44(1).

MPEG Format

• Not appearing on a PC screen near you.(stifled growth in CD-ROM industry, MPEG cause), PC Magazine, Jan 9, 1996 v15 n1 p31(1).
• MPEG is red-hot, but titles are still scarce: few full-screen video games due for the 1995 holiday season. (Motion Picture Experts Group video standard), Computer Shopper, Nov 1995 v15 n11 p57(2).

Streaming Internet Technologies

• Portable documents: the HTML alternative. (includes related article on the HTML standard) (Internet, Computer Shopper, April 1996 v16 n4 p613(4).
• Audio... video... live from the Web! (audio and video software for the Web) (PC Magazine, March 26, 1996 v15 n6 p102(2).
• Online audio on demand., Computer Shopper, Jan 1996 v16 n1 p676(5).