Video Cinematographer: Yechezkal Shimon GutfreundVideo files are large. This is because standard video has 30 image frames per second, together with audio information. A few seconds of video can be like downloading a web page with several hundred pictures. If one has a fast link, this is not a problem, otherwise one has to download the overnight, if one has an Internet account with unlimited connect time.
To overcome this, we compress the video using the Vivo Video compressor. Vivo Video will compress the audio/video stream to 28.8 Kbits/sec. This is sufficient so that most people on a dial-in line can watch the live video. As soon as you request a video, it will start playing.
The quality of this video will not be as good as our MPEG video gallery. MPEG is capable of true 30 frame per second video at full TV (NTSC) quality (360x240 pixels). Vivo Video can deliver about 7 frames per second video in a quarter of that size (160x120 pixels). The images can also be a bit blurry. But the advantage is that they are "live".
If you have Microsoft Internet Explorer, the Vivo player should be automatically loaded for you. If you have Netscape or different browser, you can get the Vivo Video player for FREE at the Vivo Web site. They also sell a version called the PowerPlayer for $12.95 which allows you to save the videos, as well as play them at double size.