= 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