Overcast Media’s unique, patent-pending technology enables our partners to quickly deploy a range of exciting new experiences for digital video. Our combination of software and web services offers both turnkey and custom solutions for those looking to differentiate their website and deliver new scenarios to their users.

Our basic technology allows authors to easily add audio commentary, pop-up text balloons, graphics and web links to digital video available online. Our software and service works in cooperation with existing video sources and players and in most cases, no modification to the original video player is required.

Beyond the basics, our technology allows for “author once, sync anywhere” experiences. This means that Overcast content authored using one version of a video (ex. something purchased and downloaded to your PC) will play back seamlessly and in sync with a different version of the same video (ex. a version streamed over the web). Our Relative Virtual Timeline technology overcomes variation in file format, bit-rate, codec choice and timing variations. This gives content authors maximum opportunity for distribution of their work and future proofs against the constantly changing landscape of digital video.




Our partners can choose the technology components that are most relevant to their goals and easily customize them for their specific sites and scenarios. The following components are available:

Overcast Player for Flash Video
This lightweight, embeddable player, can play flash based video directly and works with most existing, 3rd party flash players to deliver one-click Overcasting experiences with no install and cross platform.

Overcast Editor for Flash Video
The Overcast Editor for Flash Video enables easy authoring of Overcasting content on top of the most popular sources of video available on the web. Like the Overcast Player for Flash Video, it doesn’t require an install and runs equally well across all platforms running Flash.

Overcast Player
Our Overcast Player software offers the maximum accessibility to digital video file formats. It can run as a stand alone video player, or as a plug-in for popular browsers and supports the most popular video formats available including: MPEG2, Flash, WMV, DRM protected WMV, DVR-MS (Windows Media Center), DivX, Xvid, DVDs, etc …

Overcast Studio
Overcast Studio is our professional editing environment for authoring Overcasts. It offers the highest level of precision and control over the Overcasting experience. It also offers the most versatile synchronization across digital file formats. Users familiar with popular video editing packages like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, MovieMaker, will immediately be familiar with Overcast Studio.

Overcasting Service
All of the Overcasting software above, works in conjunction with our Overcasting Service. This service helps find and identify video, delivers the appropriate Overcast content and offers tracking of key usage events.