December 2008
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H264 Encoding Optimization
We’ve just added some optimization to the H264 encoding. The video looks much better now, especially at low bitrate. See the image below for the comparison (click to view the original version): This is done automatically for all the H264 encodings.
Dec 30th
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The Watermark size won't change anymore
There is a weird behavior with the ffmpeg watermarking option (vhook): the watermark is applied before the video is resized. It means the watermark can have a different size depending on your input video resolution. Pretty annoying since you make the image according to your output format and not the inverse. This is now fixed. This example shows a 1280x720 video encoded in 640x0 before and after...
Dec 16th
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Hey!Watch now keeps the video aspect when encoding...
We always tried to respect the video aspect by adding black bands at top and bottom of the video. In fact, that was true when your video is 16:9 and your format is 4:3. Now, 16:9 is becoming the new standard because of HD format, HD TV, and even the web. You may already know that YouTube changed their flash player to be displayed in 16:9 instead of 4:3. This is why, we added the side...
Dec 10th
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Particles at LeWeb'08: get ready to meet!
Hi People, Tomorrow, the biggest European web event will start: LeWeb’08. Particles will be there to show Hey!Watch (Video Encodind Web Service) and Hey!Spread (Video Mass-Distributing and Tracking Web Service). We’d love to meet you. So, feel free to contact our VP Business, Eric Fontaine, to meet him at any time: Phone: +33 676 399 518 Email:...
Dec 8th
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2-pass encoding Tips
Woody on the forums pointed out that he can’t find the difference between 1-pass encoding and 2-pass encoding. So I did a screenshot comparison to show him the difference: Like I said, 2-pass encoding is better, but you need to change your format settings. Two things to take into account: video bitrate and video resolution. The raw video quality is also important, but you already know...
Dec 6th
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Blog
Dec 5th
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Products
< p style=”font-size:22px”>We develop scalable, robust and cost-effective Web Services. Externalize heavy and complex processes and focus on your core business. Video Encoding Web Service Launched in December 2006, Hey!Watch is the first professional, robust and scalable Video Encoding Web Service. Its aim is to relieve companies by externalizing their video encoding...
Dec 5th
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Hey!Watch new cool features: 2-pass encoding, 3GP...
2-pass encoding By using 2-pass encoding, you’ll have the video quality improved significantly. You just need to edit your custom format and check the 2-pass checkbox. Nothing more. It will cost the number of credits for the video * 2, since 2-pass means 2 encode jobs. MOV, MP4, 3GP Hint We now hint 3GP files, so they can also be streamed like we did with MOV and MP4 videos months ago. It’s...
Dec 5th
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HeyWatch API: 2-pass encoding supported →
Dec 5th
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