http://www.videocastnetwork.net All about video on the web Tue, 27 May 2008 23:46:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are lots of places to find audiobooks on the internet. More and more audiobooks are available for every genre. Here's a round up of some of the best places to find audiobooks: Audible is the long time leader in audiobooks with over 35,000 audio books available (and yes ... http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/07/25/top-5-places-to-find-audio-books/ The largest source of media on the internet is probably the file sharing that goes on using BitTorrent. BitTorrent is a protocol for how to share files using a peer to peer computing network. That means everyone who is downloading the file is also a source for the ... http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/07/04/finding-media-on-the-internet/ PROBABLY THE MOST significant product of 2007 has just been released to little or no fanfare, AnyDVD HD. What it does is to rip out the DRM from HD-DVDs so you can watch them in accordance with your rights. DRM is about technologically removing your fair use rights so they can sell them back ... http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/07/04/must-have-utility-for-dvd-backups/ Most of us travel the web via our browsers without knowing about a hidden treasure of media files that exists on a parallel internet called USENET. USENET is made up of discussion groups called newsgroups on just about every topic you can imagine. These groups share more than conversation, they share media files. ... http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/07/04/the-hidden-media-treasure/ Streaming video hosting allows individuals to stream live media from their hosted site or from your own web site. The streaming video host will then store the media on its servers, and provide code to allow others to embed that media and act as a media server. Because many users ... http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/06/23/streaming-video-hosting/ Streaming video hosting costs are a lot less than most companies expect, and in many cases, zero! In many cases, depending upon the level of traffic you have on your web site, you'll conclude that you don't even need additional hosting for your streaming video. The majority ... http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/06/23/low-cost-streaming-video-hosting/ Streaming video storage size (in the common file system measurements megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, and so on) is calculated from streaming bandwidth and length of the media with the following formula (for a single user and file): storage size (in megabytes) = length (in seconds) · bit rate ... http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/06/23/streaming-video-hosting-storage-and-bandwidth-needs/ Some streaming video hosting providers include Streamhoster.com Rackspace.com Upstreamnetworks.com Advecton.net Powerstream.com http://www.videocastnetwork.net/2007/06/23/streaming-video-hosting-providers/