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I had completely forgotten that this video existed. Thank you Pandora, for reminding me.

Jason has uploaded the 100 Second Film Festival highlights to the Internet Archive, and so in the spirit of the festival, I'm streaming the video here. Think of it as a virtual screening. Grab some popcorn and watch the show. And then get out there and make your own entry for the 2007 Festival.

This is a 59 minute compilation of some of the outstanding works from the 100 Second Film Festival 2005 - 2006. The 100 Second Film Festival is a collaborative remixable film festival bringing people together around creating, sharing and watching videos that are 100 seconds or less in duration. The works contained herein are from all over the United States and Europe.

This program is ideal for cablecast on public access television or community screenings. Everything is licensed under the Creative Commons.

I just noticed a new Save the Internet PSA on Youtube, and this one actually does a fairly decent job of explaining net neutrality in over-simplified but easy to digest terms. And... at about the 3:01 mark, smashed between fast-paced cuts of Mauro DiPasquale and Andy Carvin, are a couple frames where Jason's "Don't Tier Us Apart" protest sign can be seen in front of the Massachusetts statehouse.

These notes are part of my presentation "PEG Access Centers and New Technology" at the Northeast Alliance for Community Media Conference on November 17.

• Start Streaming Your Content Today
• Free and Open-Source Software for the Video Guru
• Getting to Know Your Video File Formats

These notes are part of my presentation "PEG Access Centers and New Technology" at the Northeast Alliance for Community Media Conference on November 17.

Video Compression and Transcoding

Handbrake

• Extract (rip) video directly from a DVD
• Creates an MPEG-4 video file
• Mac only
• http://handbrake.m0k.org/

iSquint

• Convert nearly any video file format to MPEG-4
• Intended for iPod users; includes an "Optimize for TV" setting for higher quality encoding
• Mac only
• http://www.isquint.org/
• iSquint has a big brother, VisualHub (http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/), a $23 program that extends the capabilities of iSquint

FFMPEG

• The Swiss Army knife of video conversion tools, can transcode between nearly any video file formats
• Very powerful, but the interface is overwhelming, and not very intuitive
• Mac (FFMPEGX): http://www.ffmpegx.com/
  • Free to use; $15 registration
• Windows: http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=434

Video Playback

VLC Video Player

• Can handle many different media formats
• Open-source software for Windows, Mac, Linux
• http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

QuickTime

• Apple's de-facto media player
• Available for Windows and Mac
• Pro version ($30) adds encoding/export support, full-screen playback, and simple editing capabilities
• Additional plug-in ($20) adds MPEG-2 support
• http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

Democracy Player

• "Internet Television" in a desktop application
• Subscribe to video feeds with RSS
• Open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux
• http://www.getdemocracy.com/