Best Video Encoding Podcasts (2025)

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Scaling Video at the Edge: A Practical Roadmap 7:54

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Viewers won’t wait for your pipeline to catch up. This episode breaks down a practical roadmap for scaling video at the edge - where power limits, bandwidth costs, and live latency collide. With Advantech’s rugged, modular platforms (https://www.advantech.com/) paired with NETINT’s low-power, high-density ASIC encoders (https://netint.com/), we sho…

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Nightmare on Elm Street: The Real Terror of the Dream Killer | Whispers from the Dark 10:26

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Uncover the chilling true story that inspired Wes Craven's iconic horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Join Raven Vale on Whispers from the Dark as we delve into the terrifying phenomenon of healthy individuals dying mysteriously in their sleep after experiencing horrific nightmares, particularly among Southeast Asian refugees in the early 1980s…

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The New Economics of Transcoding: How VPUs Unlock FAST, AVOD & Back-Catalog Revenue 9:50

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What if transcoding stopped being the constraint and became the engine behind your content strategy? In this episode, Arcadian’s Joe Waltzer and Josh Pesigan explain how Video Processing Units (VPUs) are transforming the economics and timing of video workflows—and why the real win isn’t just lower cost, but the freedom to experiment, iterate, and s…

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The Horrific Harvest at Haun's Mill - Whispers From The Dark 15:27

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Journey into one of the darkest chapters of American history with "Whispers From The Dark" as we recount the Haun's Mill Massacre. On October 30, 1838, in a quiet corner of Missouri, a peaceful community was shattered by unspeakable violence, leaving behind a legacy of terror and enduring pain. Explore the events, the victims, and the chilling afte…

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So You Want A VPU? Here’s The No-Drama Way To Plug, Play, And Push To Your CDN 8:59

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Tired of choosing between ripping out your video stack or standing still? In this episode, Kenneth Robinson, Director of Field Application Engineers at NETINT, walks through a practical playbook for deploying Video Processing Units (VPUs) at any stage of growth - from retrofitting a live server to scaling across edge, cloud, and hybrid environments…

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Hinterkaifek: Germany’s Haunting Unsolved Farm Murders | Whispers from the Dark 12:04

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Journey into the chilling heart of Bavaria with Raven Vale, as Whispers from the Dark explores the infamous and baffling Hinterkaifek murders of 1922. This notorious true crime cold case saw an entire family brutally slaughtered on their isolated German farm, with no apparent motive and no perpetrator ever caught. Delve into the eerie prelude of st…

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Synchronizing 20 Perspectives: The Future Of Multi-View Esports 17:43

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Cameras miss moments; fans don’t. We wanted every decisive peek, every clutch revive, and every chaotic final ring in Apex Legends to be watchable from any team’s perspective - live, synchronized, and affordable. That meant rethinking how we transcode and distribute dozens of POV streams at once without drowning in startup lag or compute spend. We …

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The WOW! Signal: A Message from the Cosmos? | Whispers from the Dark 12:23

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Tune into Whispers from the Dark as Raven Vale delves into one of astronomy's most profound and perplexing enigmas: the 1977 WOW! Signal. Discovered by Dr. Jerry Ehman at Ohio's Big Ear Radio Observatory, this 72-second radio burst, detected at the crucial hydrogen line frequency, remains the strongest candidate for a genuine extraterrestrial signa…

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Your Sports Car Is Cool, But The Taxi Wins On Power Bills 22:40

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What if your heaviest video jobs spun up in seconds, sipped power, and scaled wherever your viewers are? In this episode, we run NETINT VPUs inside Akamai Cloud and push them across live and just-in-time workflows—multi-codec ABR (AV1/H.264/HEVC), synchronization, DRM, and low-latency packaging included. We start with deployment trade-offs: on-prem…

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JonBenét Ramsey: America’s Enduring Child Mystery | Whispers from the Dark 11:05

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Uncover the chilling truth behind one of America's most perplexing and heartbreaking cold cases: the 1996 unsolved murder of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey. In this gripping episode of Whispers from the Dark, host Raven Vale delves into the bewildering events of Christmas night in Boulder, Colorado, and the devastating discovery that fol…

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Cloud Bills Made You Cry? Gamers Already Fixed That 19:33

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Ever notice how interactive video feels great one moment and laggy the next? We dig into why - and what it takes to make streams feel as immediate and fair as a top-tier multiplayer game. Coming from a gaming-first background, we talk candidly about round-trip latency, jitter, and why 30 ms one way is the magic threshold for experiences where peopl…

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The Black Dahlia: Hollywood’s Enduring Nightmare | Whispers from the Dark 11:21

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Step into the dark history of post-war Los Angeles with Raven Vale, as we explore the infamous and chilling true story of Elizabeth Short, forever known as The Black Dahlia. In this episode of Whispers from the Dark, we delve into the shocking 1947 unsolved murder that became a gruesome icon of Hollywood's dark side. Discover the aspiring actress's…

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From Campbell to Codensity: A Practical Hero’s Journey in Video Encoding 13:46

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What if a hardware roadmap could read like a myth? We take Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and map it to a concrete engineering pivot - from life in the ordinary world of CPU/GPU encoding to a high-density, power-efficient future with NETINT’s Codensity G5-based VPUs. We talk through the initial reluctance to touch specialized hardware, the mentor…

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The Disappearance of Maura Murray: New Hampshire’s Enduring Mystery | Whispers from the Dark 13:22

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Dive into the chilling true story of Maura Murray, a UMass Amherst student who vanished without a trace in the White Mountains of New Hampshire on February 9, 2004. In this gripping episode of Whispers from the Dark, host Raven Vale explores the baffling events leading up to her mysterious disappearance, including her unusual actions, the perplexin…

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From Network Variability to Playback Intelligence: Airtel’s Sudeep Kumar on Streaming in India 37:32

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Episode Overview In this episode of the VideoVerse Podcast, we’re joined by Sudeep Kumar, Product Lead at Airtel Digital, one of India’s largest telecom providers. Hosted by Zoe Liu (CEO, Visionular), the conversation dives deep into the evolving video experience in India, from live streaming trends and CDN selection to data usage behavior and the …

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Hyperscale for Video | Stop Asking GPUs to Be Everything at Once 18:42

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What if video finally got its own processor, and your streaming costs dropped while quality and features went up? In this episode, we dig into the rise of the Video Processing Unit (VPU) - silicon built entirely for video - and explore how it’s transforming everything from edge contribution to multi-view sports. Instead of paying for general-purpos…

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The Cecil Hotel: Elisa Lam & Unsolved Mysteries | Whispers from the Dark 11:28

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Dive deep into the chilling true story of the Cecil Hotel, a notorious downtown Los Angeles landmark steeped in dark history, and the baffling 2013 disappearance and death of Elisa Lam. Host Raven Vale uncovers the sinister past of this infamous LA hotel, once home to serial killers like Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker," and shrouded in urban l…

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Energy Is the New Bottleneck in Live Video | Why VPUs Beat GPUs for Low-Res ABR at 4–6x Energy Savings 10:09

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Live video is exploding, power budgets are shrinking, and the old “throw more GPU at it” mindset is breaking. We dig into the real constraint behind streaming at scale - energy - and share new data showing how VPUs can deliver 4–6x better efficiency than top-tier GPUs while holding quality where viewers notice it most. From the early days of CPU-on…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Hodag - Wisconsin’s Terrifying Cryptid & Northwoods Mystery 14:57

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Dive deep into the chilling legends of the Northwoods as Whispers from the Dark unearths the terrifying tale of The Hodag, Wisconsin's most infamous cryptid. Join Raven Vale on a captivating, historical journey back to 19th-century Rhinelander, Wisconsin, a wild logging town where American folklore and dark history collide with the utterly unexplai…

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The TikTok of Live TV | Swipe, Watch, Repeat 43:59

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When Ignacio "Nacho" Opazo opened his laptop in 2011, he wasn't just writing code, but rather, he was laying the foundation for what would become Latin America's pioneering OTT platform. A musician turned self-taught developer, Nacho's journey from creating El Telón (Latin America's first streaming television service) to building Zapping (now servi…

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Whispers from the Dark: Arianna Fitts – Bay Area’s Missing Child, Mother’s Murder & Unsolved Family Mystery 10:23

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the unsettling, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we delve into the heartbreaking true crime case of Arianna Fitts, a missing child from the San Francisco Bay Area whose disappearance remains one of California's most perplexing unsolved mysteries. This episode explores the chilling events surroundin…

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Watts Up With Your Encoder? Akamai & Cires21 Benchmark VPUs vs. GPUs 44:40

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Energy efficiency is quickly becoming the new battleground in video processing infrastructure, and a groundbreaking benchmark study has revealed just how dramatic the differences can be between competing technologies. In this eye-opening conversation, Chris Milstead from Akamai and Dennis Mungai from Cires21 share findings from their joint research…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident – 12:57

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we journey to the heart of French history to unravel one of the most perplexing unexplained mysteries of the 20th century: the Moberly-Jourdain Incident. In 1901, two respectable academics experienced a chilling time slip on the grounds of Versaill…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Moberly-Jourdain Incident – Versailles Time Slip & Historical Mystery 12:57

3M ago12:57

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we journey to the heart of French history to unravel one of the most perplexing unexplained mysteries of the 20th century: the Moberly-Jourdain Incident. In 1901, two respectable academics experienced a chilling time slip on the grounds of Versaill…

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Efficiency, Economics, and Innovation - Transforming Video Architectures 52:42

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The economics of video delivery are changing dramatically, forcing media companies to rethink their entire approach to content distribution architecture. In this fascinating roundtable discussion, leaders from Akamai, Scalstrm, and Arcadian reveal how the push for efficiency is reshaping video workflows across the industry. As streaming platforms e…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Hum – Unexplained Global Noise, Sonic Torment & Descent into Madness 17:02

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we delve into The Hum, a pervasive unexplained mystery that has haunted communities worldwide for decades. Discover the chilling reality of this low-frequency noise – a relentless, eerie drone that only a fraction of the population can hear, yet it…

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Training Your Own LLM: The Untapped Value of Media Archives 40:20

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The AI revolution in media production is moving beyond marketing hype into practical applications delivering real value. Ryan Jesperson from Cires21 takes us deep into how their Media Co-Pilot platform is transforming workflows for tier-one broadcasters through thoughtfully implemented artificial intelligence. Unlike basic AI integrations that simp…

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Whispers from the Dark: Dyatlov Pass – Russia’s Unsolved Mountain Mystery & Chilling Deaths of 1959 12:41

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we brave the frozen, desolate peaks of the Ural Mountains to unravel the chilling, unsolved mystery of Dyatlov Pass. In February 1959, nine experienced Russian hikers led by Igor Dyatlov embarked on an expedition that ended in one of history's most…

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The Engine Isn’t Enough: Building Robust Media Frameworks Around the VPU 46:41

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The beating heart of every video streaming service is its encoding technology, but raw power alone isn't enough to deliver exceptional viewer experiences. In this eye-opening conversation, Mark Donnigan explores what happens when you combine the incredible performance of Video Processing Units (VPUs) with thoughtfully designed software frameworks. …

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Whispers from the Dark: Gabby Petito – Van Life, Digital Footprint & American West True Crime Tragedy 13:26

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the unsettling, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we revisit the heartbreaking true crime story that captivated a nation: the tragic fate of Gabby Petito. This episode delves into her idyllic van life road trip across the American West, meticulously chronicled through social media, which ultimately …

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Silicon Showdown: CPUs, GPUs, and VPUs Battle for Data Center Dominance 53:20

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Hybrid cloud infrastructure has finally arrived for video streaming, and it's transforming how organizations balance performance, cost, and sovereignty requirements. In this enlightening conversation with Stefan Ideler from i3D.net, we explore how the gaming industry's early adoption of hybrid approaches now offers valuable lessons for video stream…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Arne Johnson Case – ”Demon Made Me Do It” Exorcism Murder & True Crime Horror 12:39

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we plunge into one of America's most bizarre and chilling true crime trials: the infamous Arne Cheyenne Johnson case from 1981. This episode unravels the terrifying events that led to the first known U.S. court defense of "The Devil Made Me Do It,"…

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Pixels, Profits, and Processing: The Hidden Economics of Streaming 59:52

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Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes when your favorite streaming platform adds thousands of classic films overnight? The challenges are far more complex than most realize. Joe Waltzer, CEO and founder of Arcadian, pulls back the curtain on the intricate world of media workflow engineering in this enlightening conversation. With over five yea…

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The Sodder Children: America’s Christmas Eve Enigma | Whispers from the Dark 10:31

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Uncover the haunting true story of the Sodder children disappearance, one of America's most perplexing unsolved mysteries. Join Raven Vale on Whispers from the Dark as we revisit Christmas Eve, 1945, when a devastating house fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia, claimed five young lives—or did it? Explore the bizarre circumstances surrounding the in…

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Mini Box, Massive Impact: How Advantech and NETINT built a compact edge server for high-performance streaming. 41:08

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Dom Mrakuzic from Advantech joins Voices of Video to unveil how this revolution is unfolding through solutions like the Quadra Mini Server, a collaboration with NETINT Technologies. This compact half-rack appliance represents a significant breakthrough in edge video processing, capable of encoding 20 simultaneous 1080p broadcast-quality streams whi…

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The Isdal Woman: Norway’s Unsolved Identity | Whispers from the Dark 11:14

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Unravel one of the most enigmatic cold cases in Scandinavian history: the mysterious death of the Isdal Woman. Join Raven Vale on Whispers from the Dark as we explore the 1970 discovery of a woman's body in Norway's remote Isdalen valley, meticulously stripped of all identity and burned. Delve into her phantom trail of multiple false passports, ali…

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From Gaming to Streaming: How i3DNet's Hybrid Infrastructure Breaks Vendor Lock-in 39:40

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As the second most peered network globally with over 65 points of presence worldwide, i3DNet has built something remarkable - an infrastructure designed to satisfy gaming's most demanding users that now powers millions of concurrent streams on platforms like Discord. "Gamers are the most demanding users in the internet world," Stefan explains, high…

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Whispers from the Dark: Michael Taylor 1974 – England’s Exorcism, Demonic Possession & True Crime Horror 13:00

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we delve into one of the most chilling and controversial cases of demonic possession in UK history: the terrifying ordeal of Michael Taylor in 1974. This episode explores the harrowing transformation of an ordinary man from Ossett, England, into a …

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Save 66%: Why Your Video Streaming Budget is Going Up in Smoke 31:42

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The numbers are staggering: using AWS Media Live for HD video processing costs approximately $10,117 per stream over three years, while the NetInsight/NetInt solution delivers the same capabilities for around $3,500 – a reduction of 66-70%. These aren't theoretical projections but real-world figures that are opening eyes throughout the industry. We…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Carter Brothers – Louisiana’s Bloodthirsty Bayou Killers & Dark Legend 11:52

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we descend into the sweltering, Spanish moss-draped heart of Louisiana's bayou, unearthing the chilling dark history of the Carter Brothers. This episode dives deep into the post-Civil War era, where lawlessness reigned and a pair of bloodthirsty k…

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Quality, Cost, Latency: The Hidden Battles in Video Delivery 39:14

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Starting with signal reception at massive satellite dishes, Martin Azpiroz, director at Bold MSS walks us through the complete delivery chain, from transcoding and packaging to content protection and playback. We explore Bold MS's fascinating technical evolution from CPU to GPU to their current ASIC-based encoding approach. This shift hasn't just i…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Bottomless Pit – Washington State’s Abyss & Unexplained Disappearances 11:58

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Welcome back, fans of the strange and the supernatural, to Whispers from the Dark. Join Raven Vale as we plunge into the chilling legends surrounding Washington State's most infamous geological enigma: The Bottomless Pit. Nestled in the stark, beautiful landscape near Coulee City within the Grand Coulee, this mysterious water-filled void has birthe…

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Whispers from the Dark: The Gary Demon House – Latoya Ammons’ True Haunting & Demonic Possession 38:26

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Step into the chilling heart of Gary, Indiana, as Whispers from the Dark unravels one of America's most documented and terrifying paranormal cases: The Gary Demon House. Join Raven Vale to explore the harrowing true story of Latoya Ammons and her family's battle against alleged demonic possession in their seemingly ordinary home. This episode delve…

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600 Channels, 1 Server - Reimagining Video Processing for Sustainability 32:16

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Hardware acceleration is changing the economics of video delivery, and Scalstrm is at the forefront of this revolution. After showcasing their just-in-time transcoding solution at NAB, Dominic returns to Voices of Video to share how they've partnered with NETINT to create a groundbreaking platform that's already winning customer deployments. • Scal…

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The Springfield Three: Unraveling the Ozarks’ Most Haunting Unsolved Mystery 11:43

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Step into the chilling silence of Springfield, Missouri, as Raven Vale guides you through the agonizing, decades-long mystery of the Springfield Three. On June 7th, 1992, Sherrill Levitt, Suzanne Streeter, and Stacy McCall vanished without a trace from their quiet home, leaving behind a profound void and a community forever changed. This episode of…

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From VHS Tapes to Huddle: The Evolution of Sports Video Analysis 54:06

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Casey Bateman, Principal Engineer at Huddle, reveals how their video platform revolutionized sports analysis by replacing the old system of coaches exchanging physical tapes with instant digital access. Founded in 2006 at the University of Nebraska, Huddle now serves 97% of US high school football programs and has expanded globally to 40+ sports. •…

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The Smiley Face Killer: River of Shadows 40:23

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In this chilling episode of Whispers from the Dark, Raven Vale peels back the surface of one of America’s most disturbing modern urban legends: the Smiley Face Killer. Dozens of young, athletic college men vanish from lively college towns, only to be found lifeless in nearby rivers. While authorities often chalk it up to tragic drownings, a chillin…

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The Esoteric Language of Project Sun Streak 17:32

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Prepare to enter the twilight zone of Cold War espionage with "Whispers From The Dark" as we decode the unnervingly peculiar language of Project Sun Streak. This declassified US government program sought to harness alleged psychic abilities for intelligence gathering, revealing a world where "psychoenergetics" and "remote viewing" were considered v…

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Cores Galore: Video Processing Without the Computational Gymnastics 1:01:22

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ARM architecture is revolutionizing video processing with power-efficient processors that deliver predictable performance without the computational gymnastics required by traditional x86 systems. • Ampere builds ARM-based processors with massive core counts (up to 192 cores) focused on sustainable computing • Traditional x86 architecture struggles …

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The Bennington Triangle: Where the Forest Devours 11:20

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I am Raven Vale, and tonight, the whispers lead us away from the riverbanks and deep into the haunting heart of Vermont’s wilderness. In this chilling episode of Whispers from the Dark, we explore the eerie legend of the Bennington Triangle — an enigmatic stretch of forest shadowed by five terrifying disappearances between 1945 and 1950. From a sea…