Streaming Media West 2008 #08: Interview with Scott Thorley from Inlet

Show Notes

Scott Thorley from Inlet Technologies, talks to us about his company which provides live encoding and transcoding solutions from a desktop version all the way to a full enterprise version including all the necessary hardware and software.

Published On 10/8/08 under Compression, Conferences, Encoding, Shows: EXPOzed, Streaming, Transcoding, Video Distribution

EXPOzed interview questions for Inlet at the Streaming Media West conference:

Welcome Scott Thorley
Tell us about your encoding and transcoding solutions with Inlet.
Can you explain what grid video transcoding is?
How does live encoding work?
Can you automate the publishing of all the videos to a website?
What’s the pricing module? It is per server?
Is there a yearly support charge?
What’s the positives of your hardware versus a software encoder?
Do you support HD in and out?
Is the hardware upgradeable?
The HD box also supports SD correct?
Thank you Scott!

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