Proliferation of Video Podcasts
There is undoubted increase in the number and variety of video podcasts. The introduction of "high definition" resolution of video, the iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube as well as the entry of broadcasting corporations has helped to stimulate interest, particularly in the consumer market.
An increasing number of broadcasters are now producing video podcasts based on their normal broadcast material. In the UK, the BBC has been conducting trials of their iPlayer - an internet based technology that allows the user to download an earlier broadcast and watch this at a later stage. Is this tody's equivalent of an on-demand video recorder? Another exciting development is the digitizing of the BBC's massive archive of broadcast material - offering huge potential to revisit past productions in the future.
The video podcast revolution would appear to hold no bounds although there is concern about the increasing bandwidth requirements, especially amongst ISPs with the prospect of the launch of the iPlayer. Another problem appears to be the range of different formats and screen sizes adopted. The new and improved variants of the MP4 format are welcome (such as the new H.264 video with AAC audio - producing a video file with the .M4V extension).
To cater for some of these changes, we have recently introduced a wide screen version of our podcast player to cater for some of these new video podcasts.
With the onward march of technology wherever next?
An increasing number of broadcasters are now producing video podcasts based on their normal broadcast material. In the UK, the BBC has been conducting trials of their iPlayer - an internet based technology that allows the user to download an earlier broadcast and watch this at a later stage. Is this tody's equivalent of an on-demand video recorder? Another exciting development is the digitizing of the BBC's massive archive of broadcast material - offering huge potential to revisit past productions in the future.
The video podcast revolution would appear to hold no bounds although there is concern about the increasing bandwidth requirements, especially amongst ISPs with the prospect of the launch of the iPlayer. Another problem appears to be the range of different formats and screen sizes adopted. The new and improved variants of the MP4 format are welcome (such as the new H.264 video with AAC audio - producing a video file with the .M4V extension).
To cater for some of these changes, we have recently introduced a wide screen version of our podcast player to cater for some of these new video podcasts.
With the onward march of technology wherever next?

