| PCI Express Version of Matrox Axio LE Realtime Editing Platform Now ...
Montreal, Canada . Matrox Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of the new PCI Express (PCIe) version of the Matrox Axio LE realtime HD and SD editing platform. "We are introducing the PCIe version of Axio LE as part of our commitment to continually evolve our realtime editing platforms to take advantage of new technologies that can lower cost and increase performance for our customers" said Pierre-Martin Dion, Matrox Axio product manager"The PCIe version of Axio LE expands users system choices to include many lower cost workstations including the HP xw4600" Matrox Axio LE provides a complete post-production solution that lets users get the best from Adobe CS3 Production Premium. The Axio platforms are designed to provide the most comprehensive realtime feature set, the highest quality native codec technology, and complete file-based workflows - totally integrated with the Adobe software.
GStreamer plugin release brings better cross-platform support
A new version of the GStreamer plugin modules was released yesterday after eight months of intensive development. One of the most significant features in this release is support for using native Quicktime and DirectShow codecs on Mac OS X and Windows, a feature that will make GStreamer an ideal framework for developing cross-platform multimedia applications. GStreamer is an open source multimedia framework that facilitates playback and editing of audio and video content. The GStreamer framework is used in a wide variety of popular applications such as Second Life, the Banshee audio player, the Jokosher non-linear audio editor, and the Pitvi video editor. GStreamer provides a versatile pipeline system that allows applications to string together multimedia operations and also has an advanced plugin system that makes it easy to extend.
Adobe releases Moviestar beta for Flash Player 9
Adobe Systems's upgrade for its Flash Player, released on Tuesday, adds support for one of the latest video encoding standards as well as new audio support. The upgrade, called Moviestar, applies to Adobe's latest Flash Player, version 9. A beta of the upgrade will be available for download later in the day, with a final version to be ready in the third quarter, Adobe said. Moviestar supports the playback of video encoded using the H.264 standard, which allows for greater compression of video files than previous standards while maintaining quality. Adobe already supports H.264 encoding in products such as Premiere Pro and the After Effects video editing software. Moviestar also includes High-Efficiency AAC support, an improved audio compression technology. Although the complete specifications of the upgrade are complicated, Adobe has tried to stick to industry standards as users sort through a range of available video technologies, wrote Tinic Uro, an Adobe engineer who works on the Flash Player, on his blog.
Housing and profits
In January, after another interview request, Olden wrote that Smith "will be traveling extensively on business over the next several months and will not have time to sit for an interview." A 1972 graduate of the College of Business at the University of Missouri, Smith is hoping some of his real estate skills rub off on students today. He is in the process of donating $3 million over a 20-year period to finance the Jeffrey E. Smith Institute of Real Estate and to launch a real estate degree program. He is also a member of the colleges Strategic Development Board, which advises the dean about business trends and assists with fundraising. Smiths portrait hangs in the atrium of the business school building along with eight others who have donated $1 million or more. Up there with the likes of the late Sam Walton and seven other businessmen, Smith is the only one not wearing a suit and tie.
Software Windows Vista SP1 Performance: Mixed Results
Upgrading to a new OS, just for the sake of updating makes no sense. There's got to be a tangible, financial benefit achieved by doing so.For most companies it will not be a matter of staying ahead of the curve, it will be a matter of cost. Windows XP is fast, stable and its drivers are mature. Vista, while having numerous new security and usability enhancements, is plagued by stability and compatibility problems. The decision, as to whether or not to upgrade to Vista, should be a product of a cost/benfit analysis.I'm pretty sure that right now Windows XP has a lower TCO than Vista. .
Community update
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Dutch citizen journalism site to pay contributors by launching pay-per ...
Dutch citizen journalism site Skoeps is to introduce a pay-per-view system for its users, as part of plans to increase revenue for its contributors.
The site already offers a daily reward of €250 for the best photo or video submitted to the site and gives contributors half the fee for any content sold to other media.
It is hoped the new payment system, which will be implemented in the next two to three months, will encourage more contributors and increasing traffic to the site, Marcel Houtman, managing director of Skoeps International, told Journalism.co.uk.
In smaller markets, such as Holland, payment to citizen journalists is essential to encourage them to participate, Houtman added.
Skoep will cease spending on advertising this year and instead use the same sum to pay contributors.
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