In December last year, the ABC launched a new video encoding system called Metro ("Media Transcoder"), which converts various sources of media into a standardised format for iview. It's been a fantastic project for the ABC's Digital Network division - we've built a cheap, scalable, cloud-based solution that we can customise to suit our specific … Continue reading Metro: the ABC’s new Media Transcoding Pipeline
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Finding a Memory Leak
This post originally appeared on the 7digital developer blog on 15th February 2011. It has been moved here for preservation. A few weeks ago, we launched the shiny, redesigned new 7digital.com to a beta audience. Unfortunately, we had a memory leak. The new site was hosted on the same set of hardware as a few other applications, and it … Continue reading Finding a Memory Leak
improving page performance with WebPageTest
We are in the process of rebuilding Ninemsn's front page in coffeescript + node.js, and moving it to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for easier deployment. As we're rebuilding the site, we're quite conscious of improving page performance (or at least maintaining the current standard). I've been really impressed with WebPageTest, a free tool for performance … Continue reading improving page performance with WebPageTest
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