Resources for Using Online Video

Free Video Archives

Archive.org – including Prelinger collection
Unitedstreaming.com – Discovery education
Creative Commons - provides links to many more sites

Open Source Tools for Video Conversion and Compression

Tube TV – FLV converter. This is a free application you can download from the internet that allows you to paste in a YouTube url and download the video to your hard drive. You then need to convert the file to quicktime or Mpeg 4 using a conversion tool such as Quicktime Pro or Mpeg Streamclip

Audio Hijack – Free online downloadable application. Can record audio from any source on your computer including internet browser, iTunes, DVDs, CDs etc.
(http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18611)

Mpeg Streamclip – a free application that converts Flash and Mp4 files to avi, mov, etc. and also takes your finished movies and compresses them for high resolution streaming on the internet.

Vixy – (http://vixy.net/) FLV converter. Doesn’t work with everything but the quickest and easiest way to take a YouTube video and get it to your computer. Simply paste in the url of the Youtube video and it will go retrieve it and place it on your desktop

Zamzar – another FLV converter that gives you the option to store files on their system and retrieve whenever you want (for a cost). So instead of the file going to your computer, it goes to their server and you retrieve it from them. This is a good system if you are downloading lots and lots of big files.

There are lots of other tools out there – these are just a few reliable ones that I have used.

Online Remix Tools

Kaltura is an online editing tool that can be embedded (for a fee) into your website. See Kaltura in action at Remix America (remixamerica.com)

Today in class we went over some basic tips on public speaking. I have attached PDF files with all the documents that will help you improve your public speaking skills.

outline-furi.doc.pdf - an outline to organize your presentation for your screening on Wednesday
outline-template.doc.pdf - a model outline for future presentation and essays
speechevaluationform.doc.pdf - an evaluation form that separates all the crucial elements to public speaking
publicspeaking.doc.pdf - an outline from today’s presentation

We talked about this illuminating film about the complicated and sometimes revolutionary beginnings of gang culture in the United States. It’s a little over an hour long and is definitely worth the time.

BASTARDS OF THE PARTY
122 min Documentary

Watch here:

“This film traces the development of black gangs in Los Angeles from the late 1940s, through the charged atmosphere of the ’60s and ’70s, to the breakdown of community in the ’80s and ’90s, and the brief truce between the Crips and Bloods that followed the Rodney King riots in 1992.”

See the film website here:
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/bastardsoftheparty/synopsis.html

This is Lawrence Lessig’s Ted Talk about remix as a cultural right.