We will be attending IBC this year. If you would like to meet up with us, please let us know. Our phone numbers will be routed to a local number in the Netherlands. Our next planned event is Broadcast India in Mumbai 17-19 October. For more information please see our Events page.

There are 3 things that make Flash perfect for overlay over a video stream. First, the vector-based format can be scaled to HD resolutions without quality loss. Second, Flash has built-in alpha, that allows us to use high quality transparency effects. Lastly, Flash can be used to display dynamic content such as news, weather or […]

Sometimes customers ask us why we have so many various SDKs and what is the difference. I will try to make this a bit more clear in this post. In fact, we have only two SDKs. Both SDKs are built on a single framework, which we call the Multimedia Component Framework. The framework is a set […]

The new Flash Source filter is gradually moving forward, and is now in version 2.0.0.3. Given the customer feedback so far, the two major problems that we had in the first version (1.0.*.*) - performance and transparency - appear to be fixed. However, of course, minor issues still remain, and we continue to work with […]

MediaLooks Playout Studio was upgraded to version 1.1.0.4 and now supports streaming to Windows Media Services. We have also integrated the latest version of the Text & Graphics Overlay filter in this release. Feedback about this application is very welcome.

A new, completely rewritten version of the Audio Mixer filter is now available for download.

We have released our MPEG-2 TS Splitter - a DirectShow filter for demultiplexing a transport stream, read either from file, or received via UDP.

Our DV Decoder is now out of beta. The DirectShow filter supports anything from DV to DVCPRO HD and is capable of using up to 8 CPUs for decoding. The decoder will be part of the upcoming DV/DVCPRO HD SDK, featuring a DV Splitter, an MXF Demultiplexer and a DV Encoder. The new SDK is already being […]

It seems that Silverlight, a new web streaming technology from Microsoft, will finally allow us to provide customers with video solutions for the web - something that was not really possible with just Windows Media. Basically, with Silverlight we can build YouTube-like web sites hosted both on Linux and Windows, and viewable on both Windows and […]

We are now demoing our DeckLink SDK - a set of components for creating applications that are using DeckLink SD & HD boards from Blackmagic Design. The components that are part of the new SDK have been around for a while, their design is now pretty much settled, also the quality is pretty good - […]

Our Playout component, previously in beta, has now been released. Basically, the Playout is the implementation of our MultiGraph Technology for seamless file playback. The component is now also available as a standard DirectShow filter (see Playlist Source). The key feature of the technology is the ability to switch files without a delay or black flash. […]

Our QuickTime Source has improved playback performance for HD movies up to 35%. The average time for decoding a frame of an HD 1920×1080 30p dropped down from 46 ms to 29 ms. Download link is available on the wiki page.

NAT Expo to take place in Moscow on 19-22 November, 2007. I guess it is not as hot as IBC – but might be interesting if you are targeting the Russian market.

MediaLooks will be attending the IBC event this year in Amsterdam (6-11 September). If you would like to meet up, please call +7-903-734-1575, Andrew Okunev. Or email looks@medialooks.com.

Beta of our new DV Splitter DirectShow filter is now available for download. In addition to DV25, the splitter supports DV50 and DV100 formats.