The Streaming Learning Center blog hosts Ozer's articles and ruminations on streaming media and video production.

Ozer's articles focus on the following disciplines.- Codecs, including evaluation and how to articles about optimizing encoding with H.264 and H.265- Encoding tools, including comparative reviews of cloud, enterprise and desktop tools- Choosing and using on-demand video via UGC and OVP sites- Distributing live video through live streaming services (Livestream, Ustream, YouTube Live) and webcast servers- Producing video, including camera, audio and lighting techniques- Editing video for deployment via streaming, DVD and Blu-ray

Doceo is the corporate entity from which I serve my clients. My core skills are encoding and compression, live and VOD streaming production, and technical writing. As a freelancer, my business mix varies from year to year and includes:Streaming consulting - I help OTT and other large-scale video streamers optimize video quality and QoE, and the efficiency of their encoding workflows. Check the Cinepolis and Skillsoft recommendations below. Pre-release product testing and review - I test technology before it ships to discover any obvious flaws or competitive disadvantages. I provide an objective view of the product or service’s key competitive strengths and weaknesses and deliver a report that the client can use if desired. See Beamr recommendation below, and Beamr technology assessment at http://bit.ly/Beamr_ozer.White paper production - I create compelling technical white papers that move prospects through the buying cycle. Check out this white paper for HP comparing the performance of the Z840 workstation with the Apple Mac Pro (http://bit.ly/z840vmacpro) and videos derived from those tests (https://youtu.be/33rfvP9OTKU, https://youtu.be/hVWqVplhMy8, videos produced by a third party). Also, see this pricing-related white paper written for cloud encoding vendor Hybrik http://bit.ly/HB_pricing.Freelance writing - I write primarily encoding, compression, or production-related articles for magazines and other websites or publications. Streaming Media Magazine is my primary outlet. Documentation - I write documentation for complex encoding-related products, which is more efficient for product managers than working with a writer without encoding knowledge, helps improve customer satisfaction with the product, and reduces the amount and duration of support calls.

Lead industry benchmarking, technical validation, content creation, and the development of product specifications for NETINT’s ASIC-based Video Processing Units.

Wrote articles on a wide variety of topics, primarily relating to video production, editing and streaming.