Video Compression for Web, Disc and PC/TV/Console Playback

Create great quality video for web distribution, watching on computers or mobile devices or burning to DVD and Blu-ray

Created by: Jan Ozer
Streaming Learning Center

What Will I Learn?

• By the end of the course, you will know how to encode video for optimal quality and playback performance on a variety of platforms, including computers, mobile devices, SmartTVs and console devices (Roku/Apple TV) plus for recording onto DVD and Blu-ray discs.
• You will know how to configure H.264 for delivery to a range of platforms, and how to work with the x264 codec.
• You will know how to use HTML5 to deliver H.264 video to mobile and desktop viewers over the web.
• You will know how to upload video to, and embed videos from, UGC sites like YouTube and OVP sites like Wistia.
• You will know how to maximize quality and encoding performance with Adobe Media Encoder, Apple Compressor, HandBrake, Sorenson Squeeze and Telestream Episode.
• You will know how to encode video for insertion into iBooks Author without optimizing.
• You will know how to pre-process your audio and video for maximum compressed quality.

Requirements

• Minimal, though previous experience editing or encoding video is a plus. The initial courses are very basic, and provide the fundamental knowledge required for later courses.

Target audience

• Anyone who needs to deliver top quality video to computers, mobile devices, SmartTVs and console devices (Roku/Apple TV) or for recording onto DVD and Blu-ray discs.