Open Source Video Workshop

List of resources for the Open source media workshop:

Contents 1 Free and Open Source Audio Video Resources 2 Opening of the Technology 3 Footage/Audio reuse 4 Video Editing Applications 4.1 Cross Platform 4.2 Linux 4.3 Mac OS X 4.4 Windows 5 Video Codecs & Containers 5.1 Open Source / Patent-free 5.2 Open Source / Patented (gray) 5.3 Closed Source / Patented 6 Distrubtion 7 diy tricks

Free and Open Source Audio Video Resources

• NGO in a box a web resource mapping out free and open source audio video applications and tools.
• dynebolic a live cd linux multimedia studio distribution

Opening of the Technology

• nonlinear video editing has gone from six figure investment to ~"free".
• cameras go from thousands to under $100.
• distro goes from $100M+ to ~"free"
• the device we use to view PC, can be the device we use to produce.

Footage/Audio reuse

• creative commons search engine. Find digital assets licenced under creative commons.
• magnatue free audio for non-profit productions.
• archive.org massive collection of PD/CC content.
• metavid PD a/v of US Congressional floor proceedings

Video Editing Applications

Cross Platform

• jahshaka cross platform video editor & effects ...still early but has potential

Linux

• Cinelerra be sure to check out the user interface guide wiki: Understanding The User Interface
• kino good for simple DV video editing

Mac OS X

• Hyperengine-AV -- used to be 'free but not open', recently open sourced!
• Theora For Quicktime (lets you use final cut pro, imovie etc
• FFMPEGx GUI for ffmpeg, mencoder and a few other command line apps.

Windows

• Directshow Filters should let you load clips into windows editors that use direct show (support avis)
• run cinelerra in windows can be done at non-native speeds using the free (as in beer) vmware virtual machine player.

Video Codecs & Containers

Open Source / Patent-free

• ogg (container)
• theora (codec)

Open Source / Patented (gray)

ffmpeg along with a few other open source packages support encoding into pretty much any commercial patented codec or container.

• ffmpeg can encode flv for example
• xvid (codec) xvid generaly found in MS avi container
• mpeg2 (codec/container) Patented by the mpeg group.

Closed Source / Patented

There are also commercial encoders and formats but they are not of much interest especially when open source implementations exist for pretty much every format.

Distrubtion

• Indymedia (Publish!)
• bit torrent
• broadcast machine / DTV
• ourmedia
• youtube
• host it yourself...

diy tricks

• Homemade bluescreen