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We’re Powering Innovation at NAB 2011

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT

We're in Las Vegas at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show highlighting our technologies for broadcast, digital film, and post-production. Tons of industry leaders like 3ality, Adobe, ARRI, ASSIMILATE, Autodesk, Avid, Chyron, IRIDAS, Perceptive Pixel, Pixel Power, Quantel, Unreel and Vizrt are joining us at the show, displaying broadcast solutions powered by NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics technology.

The NVIDIA Quadro Digital Video Pipeline

Stop by our booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth #SL 2728, South Hall, to see:

     1.     Interactive On-Air Graphics
             The Vizrt Viz Engine combined with Perceptive Pixel interactive on-air graphics powered
             by NVIDIA Quadro 5000 and the NVIDIA Quadro Digital Video Pipeline.

     2.    ARRIRAW Workflow
            ARRI, IRIDAS and Dolby real-time color processing of ARRIRAW files, featuring CUDA-
            accelerated real-time previews of uncompressed video and CUDA-accelerated color
            correction.

     3.    Mobile Video Editing and 3D Stereo Editing
            Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 software running on an HP EliteBook 8740w mobile
            workstation equipped with an NVIDIA Quadro 5000M mobile GPU. Adobe has announced
            support for several new Quadro mobile GPUs, as well as the Quadro 2000 and Quadro
            6000. There are more than a dozen new features in CS5.5 that are CUDA accelerated and
            are being demonstrated on HP's mobile platform.

HP EliteBook 8740w mobile workstation running Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5

     4.    Professional High-Speed Film and Video Editing
            Avid Media Composer 5.5 software debuts on NVIDIA Quadro pro graphics based on the
            NVIDIA Fermi architecture, with support for the Quadro 600, Quadro 2000 and Quadro
            4000.

     5.    Creative Finishing on the Mac
            The first public showing of Autodesk Smoke for Mac using the NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for
            Mac to process multiple layers of video and effects in real-time.

     6.    Cloud-based Content Review and Approval
            Viewpartners Studiopass Cloud-based content review and approval system for 1080p HD
            video playback, real time collaborative video scrubbing, voice and video chat, using an
            NVIDIA Tegra-2 powered Motorola XOOM tablet.

Motorola XOOM

We're also demonstrating web distribution of 3D content via an NVIDIA 3D Vision plug-in for Microsoft Silverlight, which is now available at http://www.3dvisionlive.com/.

If you're not able to make it to Vegas, check back on the blog as we'll be posting some videos from the floor. And make sure to follow Quadro on Twitter for all the latest news.

How to Stream 3D Video on Your Website

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT

I've been asked by a lot of web developers from around the world when NVIDIA would enable the embedding of 3D Vision streaming capability into their own sites.

Well, I'm excited to let you know that the wait is over. Today, we're making available the same technology used on www.3DVisionLive.com to developers who want to easily build their own video player to stream stereoscopic 3D videos, movies, trailers, and more.

And best of all, it's free! – www.3DVisionLive.com/apps

We've developed a new 3D Vision plug-in for the Microsoft Media Platform Player Framework v2.5 (FKA: Silverlight Media Framework) which now includes support for playback of stereoscopic 3D video content. Together these two components will enable your Microsoft Silverlight video player to stream high-quality 3D video to a 3D Vision PC.

Here's how you can get started:

Step 1: Download Microsoft Media Platform Player Framework and documentation here: http://smf.codeplex.com

Step 2: Integrate the 3D video player plug-in found here: www.3DVisionLive.com/apps (additional instructions and documentation are available from this link)

Step 3: Produce your own 3D content (most important ingredient!)

Step 4: Format the video – The player will support both side/side and top/bottom formats

Step 5: Encode your video for the Player Framework – Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 could be used to encode the Smooth Streaming content.

Step 6: Add 3D Vision Logo to your website so that users know that your site is "3D Vision Ready"

Step 7: Send an email to 3DVisonLive@nvidia.com with a link to your site and we will list it on 3DVisionLive.com and send you any updates to the software.

Step 8: Stream from your webpage and share with the world in 3D Vision

Also, there are a couple other items that might be helpful to you as you make it to step 4:

3D video management platform – A backend 3D video management solution is helpful to encode (using GPU accelerated encoders, of course), manage and distribute your 3D content. We've teamed up with Fordela (www.Fordela.com) to enable the world's first cloud-based 3D video management media platform.

DRM – If you want to deliver premium or copyrighted 3D movies or other video content, you may want to use a DRM solution. BuyDRM's (www.BuyDRM.com) Silverlight experts helped NVIDIA to enable Microsoft's PlayReady DRM technology inside our 3D Vision video player.

There you have it. These are the key items you'll need to develop and deploy your own 3D video streaming website.

Good luck and keep us posted as to how your development goes.

You can email us at 3DVisionLive@nvidia.com.