= Workshops =


'''Kino workshop'''

Wednesday 7th February 2007, starting at 7.30pm

admission free - no booking required


This will give a hands-on introduction to working with Kino, a simple-to-use video editing tool for Linux, and FFMPEG, a tool for converting between video formats and many more deeply useful things.


= Resources =

Information and links related to Free Software video tools and related projects.


'''Editing'''

Kino - simple but effective editing and DV capture tool: http://www.kinodv.org

Kino tutorial: http://www.yourmachines.org/tutorials/kino.html

Cinelerra: http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3

Cinelerra manual and tutorials: http://cvs.cinelerra.org/docs.php

Lives: http://lives.sourceforge.net

Avidemux: http://avidemux.org

General tutorial: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/05/1949213



'''Utilities'''

FFMPEG - video format conversion and frame extraction, etc: http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg

Transcode - video format converter: http://www.transcoding.org

mencoder - converter and encoder: http://www.mplayerhq.hu, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder, http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mencoder_Introduction_Guide

dvgrab - command line DV video grab tool: http://www.kinodv.org



'''Players'''

mplayer: http://www.mplayerhq.hu

xine: http://xinehq.de

VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc



'''Streaming'''

Video Lan - server: http://www.videolan.org

Ogg Theora - codec: http://www.theora.org

Icecast - server: http://www.icecast.org

Streaming MPEG-4 with Linux - artcle: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6720

FFMPEG streaming howto - artcle: http://www.radiovague.com/listen.xhtml

Peercasting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peercasting


'''Animation and motion graphics'''

Jahshaka: http://www.jahshaka.org

Synfig: http://www.synfig.com

Blender: http://www.blender3d.org

Basic Motion Graphics with Python: http://www.yourmachines.org/tutorials/mgpy.html



'''Live performance'''

Fluxus: http://www.pawfal.org/fluxus

Packet Forth: http://zwizwa.goto10.org/zwikizwaki.php?page=PacketForth

PD Network Video Loop: http://www.yourmachines.org/tutorials/pdvideolan.html

Collaborative Streaming Performance: http://www.yourmachines.org/tutorials/collab_stream.html




'''Resources and projects'''

FLOSS Manuals: http://www.flossmanuals.net

Re-Transmission: http://retransmission.org.uk

Clear Channel: http://www.clearerchannel.org

Dyne: http://www.dyne.org

Pure:Dyne: http://puredyne.goto10.org