[IMC-Video] [anna at engagemedia.org: FOSS Codecs for Online Video: Usability, Uptake and Development]

[Michael Dale]

hello mark and imc-video list,

Thats a very good report :) I would be interested to be included on the 
imc-video list. Also this indyTube sounds like a good idea ;) (is 
development being coordinated on the imc-video list?  ... I would be 
happy to adapt mv_embed to indyTubes needs... also mv_embed has expanded 
to support playlists and some basic metadata stuff.

There is a W3C video meeting end of next week. 
http://www.w3.org/2007/08/video/
We will be pushing for standardization around ogg theora for 
container/codec and annodex CMML for inter-stream timed metadata. 
Ofcourse apple, nokia and adobe will be there as well so we will see how 
far we get ;)... Their goal is to make the standards codec agnostic like 
they successfully lobbied to do with the html5 spec ..so that just 
"recommends" ogg theora rather than "requires".  Which lets them push 
their respective proprietary formats...But we should be able to add 
plugins to IE and safari and or push harder on adoption of firefox 3 
with ~cool~ online video applications that will "look best with" ff3 ;)

On implementation front we should be investing into projects like 
indyTube... once the free formats get out there some of the 
technological challenges they address like standardized metadata and 
easy reuse of footage should given them some advantages over 
encapsulated flash video and be more decentralization friendly...Similar 
to how blogs/news is ~mostly~ decentralized today... For something like 
indyTube it may be good to look at the mediawiki transcription software 
I am working on... since one of its practical applications could be 
community multi-lingual translation of published video clips...  I will 
be setting up a demo selecting transcripts layers for w3c meeting... so 
I will email that to imc-video list once I get it working :)

peace,
--michael

mark burdett wrote:
> hi, i was wondering if you'd have any comments on this..
> and btw would be cool to have you on the imc-video list if you're 
> interested in global imc video discussion...
>
> --mark B.
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> Hi IMC-sters,
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> I'm happy to announce the release of the second draft of this report, 
> which is now available for public circulation. Many thanks go to those who 
> contributed their feedback after the first draft.
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> FOSS Codecs for Online Video: Usability, Uptake and Development*
> A review of available tools for the creation, playback and embedding of 
> online video using Free and Open Source Software video codecs and a look 
> at the most pressing areas for development to enhance their adoption by 
> social change video projects on the web.
> http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video:_Usability_Uptake_and_Development_1.2
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> Or via this Tiny URL:
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> A version in PDF is also available for reading offline here:
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> *Summary of Recommendations*
> For those of you who wish to skip to the good part, there is a Summary of 
> Recommendations with links to further information and alternatives within 
> the report.
> http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video:_Usability_Uptake_and_Development_1.2#Summary_of_Recommendations
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> *Feedback and Input*
> There is a page on the wiki here for your input:
> http://wiki.transmission.cc/index.php/FOSS_Codecs_For_Online_Video:_Input
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> *Distribution*
> Please forward this report to any individuals/groups who might be 
> interested in order to continue to promote the use and further development 
> of FOSS video codecs and associated software. The report is released under 
> the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2/
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> *Support and Network*
> This report was written for the Transmission network of social justice 
> online video projects.
> http://transmission.cc
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> Many thanks,
> Anna
> EngageMedia.org / Plumi.org
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