2. Summary Topics Part 3 Part 3: Showing Audio & Video Online Audio & Video Streaming Video Sharing Websites Embed Audio on ACC with Google Reader MP3 Player Live Video Streaming Podcasting on ACC & itunes
3. Audio & Video Streaming NFLD 56k dialup connect (online video has come a long way) Online audio/video consumption continues to grow at an astonishing rate. 57 million people listen to internet radio every week. 21 million Canadians viewed over 3.1 billion videos online during Feb 2009 - comScore Average of 15.5 billion videos are watched online in North America each month - comScore
4. Audio & Video Streaming 2 ways to stream audio & video media on the internet: HTTP streaming: hyperlink to file or embed code. Downloading: When you download a file the entire file is saved on your computer (usually in a temporary folder), which you then open and view. progressive download: the video clip is downloaded but begins playing as soon as a portion of the file has been received (simulates true streaming, but doesn't have all the advantages) True Streaming: The end user can start watching the file almost as soon as it begins downloading (delivered from a specialized streaming server).
5. Audio & Video Streaming True Streaming Video Servers Can: Handle large traffic loads. Detect users' connection speeds and supply appropriate files automatically. Broadcast live events.
6. Video Sharing (Hosting) Websites Video sharing refers to websites where users can distribute their video clips: 15 mins 2GB limit (youtube.com) 2GB limit (metacafe.com) $25/month 25GB (sproutvideo.com) 500MB/week free account (vimeo.com) 5GB/week paid account ($60/year)
7. Audio & Video Streaming Key YouTube Statistics: Purchased by Google in October 2006 for 1.65 billion May 2010 YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day. 490 million unique users world wide per month (Feb.2011) 92 billion page views/month (Feb.2011) 2.9 billion hours spend on YouTube/month = 325,000 years (Feb.2011)
8. Audio & Video Streaming Key YouTube Statistics: 24 hours of video uploaded every minute = Hollywood releasing 86,000 new films every week More video is uploaded to YouTube in 60 days than all 3 major US networks created in 60 years. 150 years of YouTube videos watched on Facebook each day (Feb.2011) YouTube video is delivered by progressive download
9. Vimeo Basic (free) High quality video 500MB/week upload space Upload 1 HD video/week No bandwidth or time limits Password-protected videos Plus $59.95/year Even higher quality video 5GB/week upload space Unlimited HD uploading Advanced statistics Faster, priority uploading Plus members never see ads, ever
10. Audio & Video Streaming Five steps to streaming audio & video online. Record Transfer to Computer Edit/Convert: Video: Windows (Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro) Mac OS X (imovie) Audio: Windows (Audacity), Mac OS X (Fission) Export (encode) file for web format
11. Audio & Video Streaming Upload to online server (ACC, YouTube, Vimeo, etc…) Possible built in upload option for video (vimeo, YouTube) Use an FTP program to upload files (ACC website) FTP Program: FileZilla (free for windows & mac), Transmit (mac os x)
12. Audio & Video Streaming Add information about your file(s) on your website and link to them or insert embed code. ACC A/V module Google Reader MP3 Player (for embedding audio) Vimeo (video only)
13. Audio & Video Display Examples ACC A/V Module Google Reader MP3
15. Audio & Video File Types Note: When naming a file, don’t use any spaces or special characters. Flash (.flv) Windows Media (.wmv) Real Media (.rm) Quick Time (.mov) MPEG-4 (.mp4) *Best for online Video* Audio Visual Interleave (.avi) MPEG Audio Layer III (.mp3) *Best for online Audio*
16. Embed Audio on ACC with Google Reader MP3 Player Upload mp3 audio to media folder Copy link to mp3 file Copy-paste the Google Reader MP3 Player code into your ACC website page and replace the MP3_FILE_URL with the link to your MP3 file <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audioUrl=MP3_FILE_URL" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/3523697345-audio-player.swf" width="400" height="27" quality="best"></embed> Save the ACC page
17. Live Video Streaming Oregon Conference Pathfinder Fair – 350 viewers Free Live Video Streaming Services: Livestream.com Ustream.tv – live video, archived video, chat platform, embed code SlideShare- world's largest community for sharing presentations (100MB max size) embed them into your website Formats Supported: Powerpoint, OpenOffice, Apple Keynote
18. Podcasting on ACC & itunes Definition: A podcast is a pre-recorded audio or video program that's posted to a website and is made available for download so people can listen to them on personal computers or mobile devices. (iPODbroadCAST)
19. Podcasting on ACC & itunes Activate Podcasting Module Upload mp3 file to podcast folder on ACC server files need to be under 100 megabytes and names need to be free of special characters Configure Podcast Settings Add a podcast Displaying the Podcast List on ACC website page Create a FeedBurner Account Submit feedburner podcast link to itunes
