Free Media
From Electron Club, Glasgow
Free Media means media that is created to encourage freedom of production and expression, based upon the principles and practices of Free Software. It allows for independent forms of self-distribution and emphasizes the use of lo-cost or no-cost tools.
This guide contains various links to resources and articles relevant for those wishing to learn more about Free Media production.
Essays and articles
Solar powered video production/editing studio
Articles on Free Content and Open Content
A Guide To Open Content Licences
Tutorials and practical guides
General
FLOSS Manuals - an excellent collection of tutorials on various aspects of free media production and tools, if you are new to this I would start here: http://www.flossmanuals.net
Your Machines: http://www.yourmachines.org
Transmission.cc: http://transmission.cc
Audio
Podcasting Workshop Course Notes
Linux Audio users Guide: http://lau.linuxaudio.org
Editing audio in Linux: http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/linux-audio.ars
Video
Linux video tutorial: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/05/1949213
Kino tutorial: http://www.yourmachines.org/tutorials/kino.html
Basic Motion Graphics with Python: http://www.yourmachines.org/tutorials/mgpy.html
Piksel 07 workshop notes: http://www.piksel.no/pwiki/OpenVideoLinks
Streaming
multi-platform streaming tutorial: http://mcs.hackitectura.net/tiki-index.php?page=GISS%20%20
Software tools
Audio
Audacity - simple to use audio editor: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Ardour - advanced audio editor: http://ardour.org
Linux audio site: http://linux-sound.org
Vide editing
Kino - simple but effective editing and DV capture tool: http://www.kinodv.org
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
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
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
Linux media distros
Dyne: http://www.dyne.org
Pure:Dyne: http://puredyne.goto10.org
Ubuntu studio: http://ubuntustudio.org
Distribution resources and projects
Clearer Channel: http://www.clearerchannel.org
Engemedia.org: http://www.engemedia.org
Indymedia video: http://video.indymedia.org
Ourmedia.org: http://www.ourmedia.org
Archive.org: http://www.archive.org
Xiph: http://www.xiph.org
Mongrel Mediashed: http://www.mediashed.org
Free Media Toolkit: http://www.mediashed.org/?q=videotoolkitresearch
Re-Transmission: http://retransmission.org.uk
GISS (GLOBAL INDEPENDENT STREAMING SUPPORT): http://giss.tv
