January 30th, 2008
When the iPhone was unveiled, the mobile phone market was instantly changed. Consumers raced to buy them, and sales exceeded all expectation. The iPhone now dominates the mobile phone market. But what does this mean for mobile streaming?
Update 3/19/2008: The iPhone continues to garner market share across the mobile phone landscape, continuing to reward its loyal customers with a host of new features and updates. The latest software, iPhone 3.0, announced earlier this week, will now allow for HTTP streaming, which is compatible with GravityLab Multimedia’s video hosting plans.
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January 28th, 2008
Recently, GravityLab Multimedia made the switch to a new billing and support system. The new member center is available at http://members.gravlab.com/. From our member center, you can view your invoices, change your billing information, change your password, and more. Following are instructions on logging in.
- Go to http://members.gravlab.com/
- Enter your e-mail address for the login name
- Your password should be the same as the password you use to upload files
- Use the menu bar to navigate the different features.
- When you are finished, log out
And as always, if you have any additional questions about our new billing system, contact support@gravlab.com
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January 24th, 2008
For those whose businesses rely on the Internet to produce revenue the latest Google update, nicknamed Jagger, was one of the biggest events in the past couple years (probably since the Florida Update of 2003). With this 3-part update Google has essentially changed many of the rules and have thrown the SEO community for a loop.
In this update there are a few key areas that have impacted the way sites rank and how an SEO (or a business owner optimizing their own site) needs to approach and address the various components. The key areas that have been affected with this update are:
- The history of your web pages
- The way backlinks are counted
- Site content & structure
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January 23rd, 2008
GravityLab Multimedia offers several mobile video hosting plans, and many of our customers ask how they can create .3gp video files in order to stream the video to 3rd generation cell phones.
For this tutorial you will need a short clip of uncompressed video, including audio. You will also need Apple QuickTime Pro. You can buy a QuickTime Pro serial directly from Apple. Entering the serial number into the QuickTime player activates additional features in the software, including the ability to encode video to a variety of formats. See the “Buy QuickTime Pro…” option under the QuickTime player’s Help menu.
Once it is installed and running:
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January 1st, 2008
Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) is the open source version of Apple’s QuickTime Streaming Server technology that allows you to send streaming media to clients across the Internet using the industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols. Based on the same code base as QuickTime Streaming Server, Darwin Streaming Server provides a high level of customizability and runs on a variety of platforms allowing you to manipulate the code to fit your needs. Although Darwin Streaming Server does not offer as many professional features as QuickTime Streaming Server, it still retains its capacity to broadcast streaming video. Although there are other free alternatives, DSS was the first free RTP/RSTP server to arise, and it also integrates impressively well with everything Apple. As long as you have a quick internet connection, you will be able to deliver a completely professional real time stream to as many users as you want. Read more... (318 words, estimated 1:16 mins reading time)
