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On-line sources
ConvergeSouth 2007, held Oct. 19-20 in Greensboro, N.C. (http://www.convergesouth.com/) included a session on "Why Most Web Videos Stink, but Yours Doesn't Have To."  Here's a list of Web sites dedicated to digital video with tons of helpful information, no matter which hardware or software you use.

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/video/
Tips for Shooting Better Online Video, from USC's Annenberg School of Journalism and the Online Journalism Review (OJR). Good advice for beginners.

http://thedvshow.com/faq-pro/index.php?action=article&cat_id=013&id=498
The Digial Video Show, a weekly podcast. Good stuff.

http://blip.tv/learning/export/
Blip TV's tips on exporting video for the Web.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html
Apple's tips for podcasters and exporting video for iPod and various viewing sizes.

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=182
Lynda.com's Flash Video tips .... great advice for free; pay for the rest.

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp?sid=269
Lynda.com's vast video topic list.

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/encode_video.html
Adobe discussion of encoding Flash video.

http://www.ffmpegx.com/flv.html
An open-source Flash Video encoder for Mac OS X.

http://www.jakeludington.com/mac/20060507_flash_movie_conversion_for_mac_os_x.html
Tutorial on using the FFMPEGX utility for Mac files.

http://flowplayer.org/documentation/encoding
Open-source Flash Video encoder for Windows (links).


http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_rise_of_flash_video_part_1/

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_rise_of_flash_video_part_2/

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_rise_of_flash_video_part_3/
Tom Green's excellent discussion of the rise of Flash video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Video
Flash Video explained, by wikipedia.

http://perian.org/#detail
Open-source QuickTime components for Mac OS X, adding native support for many video formats, including AVI and FLV.

http://www.thedvshow.com/
Weekly podcast on digital video production.

http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/
The ze frank show. Maybe the best vlogger. RIP.

http://www.jakeludington.com/youtube/
Tips on posting to YouTube. Good stuff.

ConvergeSouth 2007, held Oct. 19-20 in Greensboro, N.C. (http://www.convergesouth.com/) included a session on "Why Most Web Videos Stink, but Yours Doesn't Have To."  Here's a list of Web sites dedicated to digital video with tons of helpful information, no matter which hardware or software you use.

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html
Excellent tips on a variety of video subjects. Don't let the "Final Cut Pro" subtitle keep you from digging in.

http://lafcpug.org/
Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group's wonderful site, packed with many reviews of other software packages and how-to's that apply to video techniques in general -- not just the specifics of Final Cut.

Google this:  podcast "web video" tips
and this: podcast "digital video" tips

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/h264.html
Apple's tutorial on H.264 codec.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264
More than you want to know about H.264