Overcast Media
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| Overcast Media Inc. | |
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 An Overcast for ABC's LOST. |
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| Latest release | Beta 2 Refresh / 2007-07-15 |
| OS | Windows XP, Windows Vista |
| Available in | English |
| Genre | UGC / TV |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www.overcastmedia.com |
Overcast Media Inc. is a digital media technology company based in Seattle, WA. The company is working in the areas of user generated content and professionally created video, and it's goal is to make it easy for anyone to add their own commentary to television shows, sporting events and movies, while respecting the intellectual property rights of the underlying television show.
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[edit] Technology
Overcast Media has developed a synchronization technology which allows authors to create commentary over one video source (ex. a digital recording) and allows consumers to view the commentary in sync with a different video source (ex. a show acquired through Amazon Unbox). This process is called Overcasting. Overcasting handles timing variations found across different sources and file formats. Along with audio commentary, Overcasts can contain text, web links, graphics and arbitrary meta-data.
Overcast Media ships an Overcast Player and separate Overcast Authoring Studio. Soon, Overcast playback will be available as a web browser plug-in and embedded in existing video playback software.
[edit] Availability
Currently, the software is in Beta and open to the public. Software may be accessed on the Overcast Media Homepage. At present, the full Beta software package is only available for Windows XP and Windows Vista, however, some content on the site is viewable on a Macintosh or Linux PC.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Overcasting derives it's name from 'broadcasting', 'podcasts' and 'overlay'.
