1)  How do I determine the bandwidth needed for my website?

 2)  What video player should I use on my website?

 3)  What different types of slide shows are there?

 4)  Why should I use DVCam for my video project?

 5)  Why should I have my video out sourced?

 6)  What different types of video presentations are there?

 7)  What streaming video services do we provide?

 8)  DVD basic information

 9)  What is the cost of producing my own streaming video?

10) How do I maximize my dial-up modem with media players?

DVCam: is the new standard for corporate video productions. There are many advantages
over analog formats such at Betacam SP. DV tape cost is 50% less.

First: your footage stays in its native digital format throughout the entire process maintaining high image quality. Final Production to tape, CD, and DVD is excellent. FireWire connection port maintains a perfect "no loss of signal quality" like found in
analog editing systems.

Second: DVCam production equipment is lighter and more portable allowing us to work
more efficiently. We get more shots and better angles increasing program effectiveness
and enhancing viewer interest.

Third: DV Format is shared with the consumer market the cost of professional equipment
is greatly reduced when compared to professional analog equipment. Significant cost savings are realized both in production and post-production and passed along to the consumer.

DVCam production is Faster, Cheaper, and Better?

Native DV Non-Linear Editing: is the new standard for video post-production. DV footage
is transferred to a multi-gigabyte computer hard drive in its native format using a single
FireWire connection. This method of digital transfer preserves first generation quality.
The footage is then edited on a computer specifically upgraded with both hardware
and software for handling video, audio, graphics and animation.

Highest Quality: is maintained because all editing operations occur within the native DV
format, there is no compromise in picture quality during the editing process.

Non Linear Editing: allows greater flexibility and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional
editing of analog footage. Material is handled in a manner similar to word processing and
desktop publishing. For example, a video clip can be cut and pasted, cut again, re-pasted
anywhere within the show. This coupled with instant access to all scenes allows more
speed and creative freedom in assembling the elements and quickly exploring all options
to provide the best cut of your material.

Saves Time and Money: operations including video editing, graphics, animation creation,
audio mixing, and DVD authoring, are all performed from a single computer workstation.

Digital Delivery: is the release of your program on a digital format such as DVD, CD or
conversion to any number of digital formats for streaming on the web. Even though these
formats are considered digital, only DVD offers full screen high quality video and audio.

The Advantages: of Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) are many. The image and sound quality far
surpasses that of VHS makes it ideal for a variety of areas. Menu-Driven Direct Access to
specific areas of the disc makes it more useable. Ability to view on a computer workstation
makes it more productive for delivering training. DVD's ability for the web makes it a
natural companion to deliver high quality video and audio for web based training
applications. This is inexpensive to duplicate and ship making Direct Marketing
Video Campaigns very affordable.

Adobe Premiere 6.0 and DVD Studio Pro: software of choice works hand in hand to create
cost effective training programs that take advantage of the complete DVD specifications.
Our Pentium IV Workstation is equipped with two powerful software applications that
allows us to edit DV footage and author DVDs on the same workstation. This powerful
combination of software and hardware is a revolutionary breakthrough in price and
performance for both professional digital editing and DVD authoring. Once again,
the consumer saves money.

The Future of Your Programs: since DVD has a shelf life of over thirty years and as
this digital standard is just coming into it's own, you won't have to worry about changing
standards or formats. Programs you produce today will be ready for delivery for today and
tomorrow's Internet with the bandwidth capable of truly delivering high quality video and
audio.

Does it make sense for companies to convert their own video into streaming video?
Please take a look at our Streaming Video and view the examples of our work.

Video producers and web developers ask this simple question:

Why would so many companies who have the obvious talent, equipment, and
money choose to out-source their video conversion projects to us if it was that
simple or inexpensive to do themselves?

The answer is that the streaming video requires precise skills to obtain a professionally
finished product. High-tech customers are extremely cognizant of the need to out-source
their streaming video conversion services to a company known for quality-driven results.

High-tech companies are particularly aware of how difficult, time consuming and costly it
is to stay abreast of the streaming video technology curve, let alone to make it an internal
mandate. Out-sourcing streaming video conversions further shelters you from the costs of
making the wrong decisions normally experienced when video encoding is attempted in-house.

We can help you to gain the benefits of broadcast media on your website or corporate
Intranet easily and affordably. If you are looking for the highest quality streaming video
and most cost efficient way of achieving this, choose Multi View Productions. As your
producer we can make the process simple and inexpensive. Regardless of the size of
your video conversion project, we can deliver a superior product at less cost and time
than trying to do it on your own.

DVD Discs: A Closer Look
Place a CD next to a DVD and the discs look nearly identical. And if you put a CD in a DVD player, it will play just fine (in fact, it'll sound great). But if you try to play a DVD in your CD player, it won't read it.

It can't because a DVD disc has a different physical structure, data format, and error correction system than a CD. Where a CD is a single 1.2-millimeter-thick disc, all DVDs use a "sandwich" design — two 0.6-millimeter discs bonded together. This thick sandwich construction allows DVD discs to have information on both sides and on one or two layers per side. This design is also more structurally stable and resistant to disc warping.

The illustrations below show how hours of theater-quality pictures and sound can be squeezed onto a disc you can hold in your hand.

Compared to CD, DVD uses smaller data pits and more closely-spaced pit rows of "tracks." This increased data density makes it possible for each layer on a DVD to hold more than
six times the amount of data on a CD! DVD players use a red laser in place of the infrared laser found in CD players. The red laser's shorter wavelength, combined with a special
lens design, result in a narrower, more tightly focused laser beam that can easily read
the smaller pits.

Formatted to fit your screen...or taste
DVD is the first home entertainment medium that gives viewers so much control over how movies, concerts, and other programs are presented. The available options will vary from disc to disc (the disc producers make those decisions). On-screen menus make it easy to select the type of presentation that best matches your A/V equipment and personal preferences:

• Aspect ratio (screen shape): Standard, Widescreen (anamorphic), or Letterbox.
• Soundtrack audio: Dolby® Digital 5.1 surround (DTS® 5.1 soundtracks are featured
  on a few titles), Pro Logic™ surround, or stereo.
• Soundtrack language: Often English and French for Region #1 (USA and Canada),
  but other languages may be included as well. Subtitle languages: DVD discs can
  provide up to 32 subtitle tracks.

The various video and audio options are typically listed on a DVD's packaging. It's a good
idea to get in the habit of checking the packaging to see what's included, especially if you're interested in a specific version.

DVD disc types:
It's about sides and layers In order to fit multiple movie formats (not to mention the increasingly common extra material like interviews, commentaries, outtakes, etc.), movie studios are making greater use of DVD's dual-sided and dual-layered capabilities. All DVD players can play all of these different disc types. Some newer players may be a little quicker at handling layer changes on dual-layer discs.

Single-sided, single-layer: Even DVD discs with a single information layer can hold the complete audio and video for a full-length movie, including Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks in three different languages! Total capacity: 4.4 gigabytes
(over 2 hours of video).

Double-sided, single-layer: Most discs of this type include
a movie version formatted for a standard TV screen on one side, and a widescreen version on the other side. Only a few titles spread a single version over two sides. In these instances, you'll need to manually flip the DVD over when it reaches the end of side 1 (only a few recent mega changers are able to change DVD sides). Total capacity: 8.75 gigabytes -
(about 4.5 hours of video).

Single-sided, dual-layer: This disc type has two information layers, providing nearly twice the data capacity of a single-layer DVD. The layer closer to the player's laser pickup has a semi-transparent coating. The laser is able to shine through this layer to read the deeper layer beneath it, then re-focus to read the semi-transparent layer.
One way to tell if a DVD is dual-layer is to look at the disc's playing surface: Single-layer discs are silver while dual-layer discs are gold. Total capacity: 8 gigabytes -
(about 4 hours of video).

Double-sided, dual-layer: This disc type provides the maximum data capacity. It is basically two single-sided, dual-layer discs bonded together. So far, only a few movie transfers have been in this format (Ben-Hur is one). As with all double-sided DVDs, unless you own one of the dual-side-play mega changers mentioned above, you'll have to flip the DVD over yourself. Total capacity: 15.9 gigabytes -
(over 8 hours of video).

If you do decide on producing and capturing streaming video, this is what you can expect.
Your investment in hardware and software is just the tip of the iceberg, usually being several thousand dollars for low to mid-priced equipment alone. You'll need a video capture card, sound and picture editing software, a video deck, an AV rated hard drive with a significant amount of storage capacity, and a back-up preferably in the form of a CD drive you can archive to.
Assuming you make the right choices on all of your hardware and software purchases your first time out, and you don't need to purchase different equipment which is better suited to the task, it's now time to learn not only how to capture and convert your movies, but also how to enhance both picture and audio quality prior to conversion. If you skip this step, your finished product will be of inferior quality.

After many attempts, you may stumble upon some settings that produce acceptable results for the particular movie clip you're working on and you'll feel great. However, when it comes time to capture another video clip later on, you'll either have forgotten the sequence of techniques which you used the first time, or they won't work with your next movie because the picture or sound quality is somewhat different than your earlier production. As a rule of thumb, you can generally expect an approximate soft and hard dollar cost of $10,000 to produce your first streaming video clip if you're doing it on your own. This represents not only your investment in hardware and software which will become obsolete in 6 to 18 months, but also your salary costs as well.
That is a large investment to be making in a technology which is constantly evolving and one which you won't be using on a daily basis. Companies and individuals attempting to produce streaming video on their own end up coming to us after they've learned the hard way. Having a dedicated video streaming company like Multi View Productions to produce your video project will save you money, time, and headaches.