|
|
| (561 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| = About =
| | '''See the [[P2P Audiovisual Guide]]''' |
| | |
| == The Aim ==
| |
| | |
| This section, maintained by [http://indiworks.wordpress.com/ Valentin Spirik] , will focus on the '''how-to and technical aspects of producing - and finding - audiovisual content''' using the new [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/2.1.C._The_construction_of_an_alternative_media_infrastructure P2P autonomous media infrastructure].
| |
| | |
| This is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki] - if you, the reader, have information that you feel is missing and want to share: get involved and '''help building the P2P Audiovisual section'''!
| |
| | |
| We have ported directory items from the P2P Encyclopedia - some items may still need to be moved or linked.
| |
| | |
| == The Wiki Text ==
| |
| | |
| The '''Wiki text''' that follows tries to give the reader an overview to the the audiovisual P2P net by '''filtering''' the vast amount of available '''information''' by asking questions like '''"Is this useful, can it be recommended''' - is it somehow '''in the interest of''' either '''the majority''' of people '''or a neglected minority'''?" (Instead of being a link or site that first of all promotes the interests of e.g. a company.)
| |
| | |
| == The Directory ==
| |
| | |
| The [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/Category:Audiovisual#The_Directory_2 Directory - Articles in category "Audiovisual"] on the other hand tries to '''collect related sites and links of all sorts''' - including commercial services - where the criterias mentioned above might or might not apply. '''Over time''' however '''a critical evaluation''' of the individual entries '''can be done'''.
| |
| | |
| == General Hint about Web Services and Software ==
| |
| | |
| Just because a web service has a pretty site or because a particular software is open-source does not mean that it is useful for everyone. Especially '''in the Web 2.0 world there seems to be a certain tendency''' - maybe out of sympathy for a P2P related project - '''to over-hype a service or a software project'''. While this Wiki tries to point in directions that hopefully are useful, '''the reader's own critical judgement is encouraged''' when exploring unknown territory or installing and using new software.
| |
| | |
| = Some Basic Resources =
| |
| | |
| The '''Freevlog tutorial''' http://freevlog.org/tutorial/ is a good place to start '''learning about videoblogging''' (also called '''[[Vlogging]]''').
| |
| | |
| '''Ourmedia's Learning Center''' http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center/ is a good place to start '''learning about podcasting''' (web audio publishing) and '''webcasting''' (web audio/video publishing). It also features an '''[[Open Media Directory]]'''.
| |
| | |
| '''How to Make an Internet TV Channel''' - also known as a 'Video RSS Feed', 'Video Podcast', or 'Video Blog" http://www.makevideofeed.com/ and '''10 Ways to Promote an Internet TV Channel''' http://www.promotevideofeed.com/ are two good places to start learning about '''DIY internet TV''' (or videoblogging, vlogging, ...).
| |
| | |
| = Beginner's Guide to the AudioVisual P2P Net =
| |
| | |
| Using the net's P2P audiovisual infrastructures can be seen as '''connecting oneself to a collective mind''' - an intelligence much smarter than each individual.
| |
| | |
| Here is how it works:
| |
| | |
| == '''Tools and Platforms''' ==
| |
| | |
| A blog (basically a dynamic homepage, last entries show up first) is an individual's or an organisation's virtual home in the audiovisual P2P net - here a '''review of blogging tools, providers and some basic blogging introduction''': http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050714gardner/. Very popular is the free and '''open-source WordPress platform''': http://wordpress.org/.
| |
| | |
| New blog entries can be tagged (keywords describing the content) and then be found via '''blog search engines''' like '''Technorati''' http://www.technorati.com/ or smaller but more specialised ones like '''Blogdigger''' http://www.blogdigger.com/.
| |
| | |
| An important tool for bloggers is the '''[[RSS]] feed''', readers can subscribe to a blog's feed (like to a channel) and will be notified automatically about all updates. '''Feedburner''' http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home is the largest feed management provider and offers a very useful free basic service.
| |
| | |
| There is a vast choice of '''"free" services''' for media hosting - important in this context is the question '''"Who owns the content?"'''. Since those "free" services all want to make money somehow they all have a "terms of service" or "terms of use agreement" that should be read and understood before uploading media. '''In many cases "free" means that the service retains the right to alter the user's media and to use it for advertising.''' Some of the more recent "terms of service" agreements from some of the better known providers seem to be very bad for the users/creators. One of the few safe choices at this point (July '06) for free media hosting are still only the '''[[Internet Archive]]''' http://www.archive.org/index.php and '''Ourmedia''' http://www.ourmedia.org/.
| |
| | |
| Licences, like the popular '''[[Creative Commons]] licences''' http://creativecommons.org/ are important for an unbureaucratic online distribution: instead of restricting a user's possibility by reminding him of the copyright, online audio and video gets distributed because '''users are encouraged to share''' e.g. a podcast under a certain license.
| |
| | |
| For musicians/DJs specially interesting is '''ccMixter''' http://www.ccmixter.org/ - featuring '''creative commons licensed samples/remixes''' and making it easy for artists to focus on the creative part of their work.
| |
| | |
| The open-source '''[[Democracy Player]]''' http://www.getdemocracy.com/ and '''[[Broadcast Machine]]''' http://www.getdemocracy.com/broadcast, as well as '''Videobomb''' http://www.videobomb.com/ - all from the '''[[Participatory Culture Foundation]]''' http://participatoryculture.org/ - are very interesting options for '''distributing/promoting independent online film and video'''.
| |
| | |
| '''Mefeedia''' http://mefeedia.com/ (web-based) "'''is the best place to find videoblogs and podcasts'''", while '''[[FireAnt]]''' http://fireant.tv/" (software) "'''is your personal connection to the online media universe'''!" More about '''videoblogging and its platforms''' at '''Freevlog''' http://freevlog.org/.
| |
| | |
| This '''Open media projects''' list at ourmedia http://www.ourmedia.org/about/open-media-projects is a good starting point for exploring a variety of other alternative/participatory media projects on the web.
| |
| | |
| A '''good general resource''' for audio/video web related topics is the '''Wikipedia''': e.g.: '''Podcast''' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast or '''RSS''' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29
| |
| | |
| An '''overview about more online video services''', including some of the better know mainstream ones like '''[[YouTube]]''', gives the online article [http://www.dvguru.com/2006/04/07/ten-video-sharing-services-compared/ '''Ten video sharing services compared''']. (www.dvguru.com, 07.04.06)
| |
| | |
| == '''How-To''' ==
| |
| = Some Basic Resources =
| |
| | |
| The '''Freevlog tutorial''' http://freevlog.org/tutorial/ is a good place to start '''learning about videoblogging''' (also called '''[[Vlogging]]''').
| |
| | |
| '''Ourmedia's Learning Center''' http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center/ is a good place to start '''learning about podcasting''' (web audio publishing) and '''webcasting''' (web audio/video publishing). It also features an '''[[Open Media Directory]]'''.
| |
| | |
| '''How to Make an Internet TV Channel''' - also known as a 'Video RSS Feed', 'Video Podcast', or 'Video Blog" http://www.makevideofeed.com/ and '''10 Ways to Promote an Internet TV Channel''' http://www.promotevideofeed.com/ are two good places to start learning about '''DIY internet TV''' (or videoblogging, vlogging, ...).
| |
| | |
| '''See also''' (in this P2P Wiki section):
| |
| | |
| [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/Category:Audiovisual#Tour_1:_Indie_Film_Maker.27s_.28Editor.27s.29_Tour '''Tour 1: Indie Film Maker's (Editor's) Tour''']
| |
| | |
| [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/Category:Audiovisual#Tour_2:_Online_Audio_.28Publishing.29_.26_Online_Media.2FArt_Communities_Tour '''Tour 2: Online Audio (Publishing) & Online Media/Art Communities Tour''']
| |
| | |
| [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/Category:Audiovisual#.28Pro.29_Tutorials.2FHow-To_Sites '''(Pro) Tutorials/How-To Sites''']
| |
| | |
| == '''Theory''' ==
| |
| | |
| The so called "'''digital revolution'''" at the end of the 20th century was often exclusively described as a technological revolution - it '''was going to bring''' consumers '''a new "digital" quality''' (CDs instead of LPs) and advanced productivity to almost every industry. Ten years after the web went mainstream a '''different picture''' evolves: '''consumers turn into producers''', we '''blog''' about a '''[[Participatory Culture]]''' and '''[[Citizen Journalism]]''' and we '''share''' our media - recommended online article [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/tech_pr.html '''We Are the Web'''] (www.wired.com, August 2005) by Kevin Kelly.
| |
| | |
| Or in short: what was "Power to the people" in the '60 of the last century today is '''[[We Are the Media]]''' http://www.ourmedia.org/node/9237, '''"this is a Video Mash-up about the Vlogging movement"'''.
| |
| | |
| = Useful Software =
| |
| | |
| The '''VLC Media player''' (or '''[[VideoLAN]]''') http://www.videolan.org/ is a free and open-source '''video (and audio) player''' available for all major platforms and capable of playing back most of the video formats found online. The latest release now also offers transcoding (though this seems not to work yet on the OS X version, VLC 0.8.5). The VLC can also be used as a streaming server http://www.videolan.org/streaming/.
| |
| | |
| The open-source '''MPlayer''' http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html is "the '''Movie Player for Linux'''", but there is also the MPlayer OS X http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/.
| |
| | |
| The open-source '''[[Democracy Player]]''' http://www.getdemocracy.com/ brings '''independent internet tv''' (and using the '''[[Broadcast Machine]]''' http://www.getdemocracy.com/broadcast/ anyone can publish media - also via '''[[Bittorrent]]'''). Since the the Democracy Player now also supports drag and drop it becomes an interesting alternative for use as the main media player. Available for all major platforms.
| |
| | |
| '''[[FireAnt]]''' http://fireant.tv/ is - like the Democracy Player or Apple's Itunes - a '''feed aggregator''', meaning a user can subscribe to a particular channel via a publisher's '''[[RSS]]''' feed and the app will automatically download the latest episode of a particular programme. FireAnt is specially popular with parts of the videoblogging community, and it is also one of the best ways of playing back downloaded .flv flash videos. ('''KeepVid''' http://keepvid.com/ lets users '''download flash videos''' from sites like YoutTube.) Available for Windows and Mac OS X.
| |
| | |
| '''[[Ogg Vorbis]]''' http://www.vorbis.com/ (for audio) and '''Ogg Theora''' http://www.theora.org/ (for video) are '''open-source alternatives for media encoding''', also interesting for commercial online publishing since they are patent free and no license fees will have to be paid.
| |
| | |
| The open-source '''Streamripper''' http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ lets users '''record e.g. webradio as .mp3 files'''. For OS X users: StreamRipperX http://streamripperx.sourceforge.net/ (the old StreamRipperX 1.0.5 still works under OS X 10.3.9, not only 10.2 as mentioned).
| |
| | |
| '''ffmpeg x''' http://www.ffmpegx.com/ is a popular shareware programme for '''transcoding video''' on the Mac, maybe not a tool that is easy to use, but works well once configured to one's needs.
| |
| | |
| '''Flip4Mac''' http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm is a commercial but free (there is a pro/to buy version) that '''allows Mac users to watch (newer) .wmv encoded files''' either via the web browser or with the QuickTime Player. This is of interest since the open-source VLC (0.8.5) - listed above - currently can not play back videos encoded with the latest Windows Media 9 codec (on the Mac).
| |
| | |
| '''Audacity''' http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ is an open-source '''audio editor''', available for all major platforms.
| |
| | |
| '''Ardour''' http://www.ardour.org/ "is a '''digital audio workstation'''. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. ... If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Cubase SX, Digital Performer, Samplitude or Sequoia, you might have found it." For Linux and OS X (no Windows version), source code available.
| |
| | |
| The '''Gimp''' http://www.gimp.org/ is an open-source '''image manipulation programme''', available for all major platforms. To make the transition easier for Photoshop users there is also the GimpShop http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294.
| |
| | |
| '''CinePaint''' (Film Gimp) http://www.cinepaint.org/ is an open-source programme for '''deep paint manipulation and image processing''' (e.g. motion picture frame-by-frame retouching). An upcoming update is expected to support all major platforms.
| |
| | |
| '''Inkskape''' http://www.inkscape.org/ is an open-source '''vector graphics editor''', available for all major platforms.
| |
| | |
| '''Jashaka''' http://www.jahshaka.org/ is "the worlds first OpenSource '''Realtime Editing and Effects System'''", available for all major platforms.
| |
| | |
| '''LiVES''' http://lives.sourceforge.net/ is "a Free, Open Source '''video editor *and* a VJ tool'''." It is "fully cross platform for Linux and many flavours of Unix (e.g. BSD, openMosix, IRIX, OSX/Darwin)."
| |
| | |
| '''Cinelera''' is a "'''non-linear video editor and compositor''' for Linux", there are two versions http://www.heroinewarrior.com/index.php3 and http://cvs.cinelerra.org/.
| |
| | |
| '''Blender''' http://blender3d.org/cms/Home.2.0.html is an open-source '''3D modelling/animation programme''', available for all major platforms.
| |
| | |
| = Guided Tours =
| |
| | |
| This is a little '''experiment in how-to communicate Wiki content'''. The idea is to make reading the Wiki more of a (useful and applicable) experience, so this is partly more '''blog style''', but '''with condensed information/links'''.
| |
| | |
| == '''Tour 1: Indie Film Maker's (Editor's) Tour''' ==
| |
| | |
| === Classic Route ===
| |
| | |
| Apple's Final Cut Pro is still one of the best options that indie film makers have when it comes to film and video editing. A great '''resource for FCP tutorials''' (plus reviews and more) is '''Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro''' site http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html. Another classic is the '''Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User''' Group website http://www.lafcpug.org/, check out their forums for questions/answers from FCP pros. The "top-rated media pros forum community on the net" is '''Creativecow''' http://forums.creativecow.net/index.html, you'll find very active support forums for e.g. almost any Apple or Adobe software, but also "Today's Industry & Cow News". Bringing all the latest news from the HD world is the '''HD for Indies''' Blog http://www.hdforindies.com/, have a look at their linklist.
| |
| | |
| === Early Adopter Route ===
| |
| | |
| Worth checking out are '''open-source editing alternatives''' like '''Jahshaka''' http://www.jahshaka.org/, this project also has its own community site http://www.jahshaka.net/, '''LiVES''' http://lives.sourceforge.net/ and '''Cinelera''' (there are two versions) http://www.heroinewarrior.com/index.php3 and http://cvs.cinelerra.org/. For free media hosting there is the '''[[Internet Archive]]''' http://www.archive.org/index.php (you can upload via ftp to their '''Open Source Movie section''' http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies) and '''Ourmedia''' http://www.ourmedia.org/. Great open-source tools for D.I.Y. '''[[Internet TV]]''' are the '''[[Democracy Player]]''' http://www.getdemocracy.com/ (watch TV) and the '''[[Broadcast Machine]]''' http://www.getdemocracy.com/broadcast/ (make TV). Once your video is online you can promote it, discover other artist's works and make a video playlist (that generates an RSS feed that can be used as a channel in the Democracy Player) at the '''Videobomb''' site http://www.videobomb.com/.
| |
| | |
| == '''Tour 2: Online Audio (Publishing) & Online Media/Art Communities Tour''' ==
| |
| | |
| === '''Free Publishing/Hosting and Free Audio Resources via the Internet Archive''' ===
| |
| | |
| An good place to start learning about '''online audio (publishing)''' is the '''Ourmedia Learning Center''' http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center/open. '''Ourmedia''' also offers '''free hosting for podcasts''' (and all other kinds of media). The current "alpha" status of ourmedia might prove difficult for the technically not so experience users, but since ourmedia is now officially migrating to its new servers (September '06) improvements to the usability of the site can be expected. Ourmedia (and its host the '''[[Internet Archive]]''' http://www.archive.org/index.php) are non-profit projects and have Terms Of Use/Terms Of Service agreements (TOS) that are good for users/creators (in contrast to almost all other commercial "free" providers - make sure to always read a service's TOS before submitting any content!)
| |
| | |
| The '''Internet Archive's Audio section''' (or '''[[Internet Archive Audio Archive]]''') http://www.archive.org/details/audio is both a '''vast resource for freely and legally available audio recordings''' of all sorts (including [http://www.archive.org/details/audio_bookspoetry Audio Books] or the [http://www.archive.org/details/GratefulDead Greatful Dead collection] and a '''free host for musicians''' via the '''Open Source Audio section''' http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_audio - which is also a great place to discover new or unknown artists - or the '''Netlabels collection''' http://www.archive.org/details/netlabels that "hosts complete, freely downloadable/streamable, often Creative Commons-licensed catalogs of 'virtual record labels'."
| |
| | |
| === '''Podcast Directories/Publishing and Webradio''' ===
| |
| | |
| '''PodSafe Audio''' http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ "aims '''to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons License for use in Podcasts''', Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of 'casting' that exists on the 'net...
| |
| | |
| '''podsafe music network''' http://www.podsafemusicnetwork.com/ in their [http://music.podshow.com/music/faq.htm FAQ]: "All works contain no recordings, lyrics, copyrights, or other elements that are the copyright of any other artist, except under the limited provisions of the Creative Commons License Agreement."
| |
| | |
| '''Odeo''' http://www.odeo.com/ has "'''over one million audio files—from podcasts and all over the web'''. Listen, download, subscribe..." [http://www.odeo.com/about About] themselves: "As a company, we believe strongly in the democratization of media. We think that giving more people powerful tools for the creation and distribution of media will result in more knowledge, ideas, art, truth, and amusement available to all."
| |
| | |
| '''PodcastAlley''' http://www.podcastalley.com/ is "'''is the podcast lovers portal. Featuring the best Podcast Directory and the Top 10 podcasts, as voted on by the listeners.'''" [http://www.podcastalley.com/about_us.php About] page.
| |
| | |
| Apple's '''iTunes''' http://www.apple.com/itunes/music/ software also features a useful - but by Apple edited - '''podcast directory''' as well as many '''free radio stations''' via webstream. Most of these stations are '''compatible with''' the open-source '''Streamripper''' http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ that lets users '''record the music as .mp3 files'''. '''Note:''' while this is - to the best of knowledge to this Wiki's editor - '''perfectly legal in e.g. Europe''', it '''may be''' either '''illegal in''' certain parts of '''the United States''' or laws are being discussed to make this practice illegal.
| |
| | |
| '''Pandora Internet Radio''' http://www.pandora.com/ lets users "'''find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio'''". It is based on the company's [http://www.pandora.com/mgp.shtml Music Genome Project] and tries to answer the question "Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?" This '''site is''' - in its free version - '''supported with advertising'''.
| |
| | |
| === '''Remix Culture''' ===
| |
| | |
| Very popular with musicians and DJs is '''ccMixter''' http://www.ccmixter.org/: "This is a community music site '''featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons''', where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want." Highly recommended!
| |
| | |
| '''The Freesound Project''' http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ is "a collaborative '''database of Creative Commons licensed sounds'''. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter."
| |
| | |
| '''sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ!''' (Scrambledhacks) is "a '''Realtime-Mind-Music-Video-Re-De-Construction-Machine'''". The author does a very good job of describing this truly revolutionary project in this [http://www.videobomb.com/posts/show/1529 introduction video] (YouTube video via Videobomb). On his website http://www.popmodernism.org/scrambledhackz/ the author announces that "the whole package will be released under the GNU GPL as soon as I find time to clean up that mess / comment the code / document it and find a way to make it easily installable. Thanks for your patience."
| |
| | |
| For '''online video remix sites and projects''' see the online articles '''[http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/04/06/video_editing_publishing_and_remixing.htm Video Editing, Publishing And Remixing Online Is Here]''' (www.masternewmedia.org, 06.04.06) and '''[http://www.dvguru.com/2006/04/07/ten-video-sharing-services-compared/ Ten video sharing services compared]''' (www.dvguru.com, 07.04.06).
| |
| | |
| And further [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/Category:Audiovisual#.28More.29_Media_Archives.2F.28Remix.29_Collections '''(More) Media Archives/(Remix) Collections'''] in this P2P Wiki section.
| |
| | |
| === '''Useful Audio Software''' ===
| |
| | |
| '''Audacity''' http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ is "free, open source '''software for recording and editing sounds'''. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems."
| |
| | |
| '''Ardour''' http://www.ardour.org/ "is a '''digital audio workstation'''. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. ... If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Cubase SX, Digital Performer, Samplitude or Sequoia, you might have found it." For Linux and OS X (no Windows version), source code available.
| |
| | |
| '''[[Ogg Vorbis]]''' http://www.vorbis.com/ "is a '''completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology''' with all the benefits of Open Source.
| |
| | |
| The '''VLC media player''' (or '''[[VideoLAN]]''') http://www.videolan.org/ "is a free '''cross-platform media player'''" that "supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs" and it "can also be used as a streaming server".
| |
| | |
| '''Streamripper''' http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/ is "an Open Source (GPL) application that lets you '''record streaming mp3 to your hard drive'''", e.g. lets users record webradio.
| |
| | |
| '''Songbird''' http://www.songbirdnest.com/ "is a '''Web player built from Firefox's browser engine'''. Songbird is open source, will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and '''supports user contributed, cross-platform extensions'''." In development.
| |
| | |
| '''ccHost''' http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcHost "is Creative Commons' open source (GPL licensed) project that '''powers ccMixter''' and is the winner of the Linux Journal LinuxWorldExpo Product Excellence Award for Best Open Source Solution."
| |
| | |
| === '''Promotion/Distribution (Audio and Video)''' ===
| |
| | |
| '''Creative Commons''' licenses http://creativecommons.org/ enable "the '''legal sharing''' and reuse of cultural, educational, and scientific works."
| |
| | |
| '''CC Hits''' http://cchits.ning.com/recent/ lets '''users add/vote for their favourite creative commons licensed tracks'''.
| |
| | |
| '''10 Ways to Promote an Internet TV Channel''' http://www.promotevideofeed.com/ and The '''Channel Channel''' http://thechannelchannel.tv/ ("One minute previews of Internet TV Channels") are two resources for online video promotion/distribution.
| |
| | |
| '''LegalTorrents''' http://www.legaltorrents.com/index.htm "is a '''collection of Creative Commons-licensed''', legally downloadable, freely distributable creator-approved '''files''', from electronic/indie music to movies and books, which we have made available via BitTorrent".
| |
| | |
| === '''(More) Communities/Discover/Buy, Sell''' ===
| |
| | |
| '''Newgrounds''' http://www.newgrounds.com/ is "'''the original and still the largest Flash portal on the web'''." User made movies, games, music and more. [http://www.newgrounds.com/primer.html Newgrounds Primer]
| |
| | |
| '''deviantART''' http://www.deviantart.com/ is "where ART meets application" and "'''the largest art community in the world'''." [http://about.deviantart.com/ About] page.
| |
| | |
| '''Dance-Industries''' http://www.dance-industries.com/home.php "is one of the many online music copyleft communities of 3x-Industries, a commercial copyleft digital distribution network of non author right ruled, '''contemporary copyleft music'''. Free mp3’s for download. 100% legal!"
| |
| | |
| '''Audiri''' http://www.audiri.com/ "Our plan is '''to provide all of the normal artist resources''' but with the majority of the site geared towards the typical music seeker. Our goal is to '''help you find music you like''', easily." More [http://www.audiri.com/about/ about] Audiri.
| |
| | |
| '''Soundclick''' http://www.soundclick.com/ is "'''the artist music community'''". From the [http://www.soundclick.com/docs/support.cfm?site=store MP3 Store FAQ]: "How much do I get paid?
| |
| '''You keep 70% of the sales price.''' So if you sell a song/album for $9.99 you keep $6.99."
| |
| | |
| '''indiestore''' http://www.indiestore.com/ "from 7Digital that '''allows independent artists and labels to sell their music online'''." [http://indiestore.com/portal/servicelevel.aspx Starter and Pro] Starter (free): "'''70% revenue share''', quarterly accounting". Pro (£ 75 pa): 80% revenue share, monthly accounting"
| |
| | |
| '''Music Forte''' http://www.musicforte.com/ "will help you with Press-Kits, Radio Promotion, CD Replication, '''Band|Artist Promotion in Japan''', and much more!" [http://www.musicforte.com/comparison.php Free Plan and Pro Gold Plan], for both: "'''100% profit to YOU on sales of digital downloads'''"
| |
| | |
| The '''Hype Machine''' http://hype.non-standard.net/ "'''keeps track of new songs posted on the best blogs about music'''. Easily listen, discover and buy songs that everyone is talking about!"
| |
| | |
| More '''mainstream''' online communities like '''MySpace''' http://www.myspace.com/ or Apple's '''iTunes''' http://www.apple.com/itunes/music/ software and shop might also be of interest to musicians/bands. '''iTunes''' also features a useful - but by Apple edited - '''podcast directory''' as well as many '''free radio stations''' via webstream.
| |
| | |
| === '''(More) Media Archives/(Remix) Collections''' ===
| |
| | |
| '''UbuWeb''' http://www.ubu.com/ "is a completely '''independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde''', ethnopoetics, and outsider arts. All materials on UbuWeb are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights belong to the author(s)." From their FAQ: "What is your policy concerning posting copyrighted material?" "If it's out of print, we feel it's fair game. Or if something is in print, yet absurdly priced or insanely hard to procure, we'll take a chance on it. But if it's in print and available to all, we won't touch it."
| |
| | |
| '''DIYmedia.net''' http://diymedia.net/ "'''Microradio, Media Collage and more'''" is "still a work in progress", good starting point is the [http://diymedia.net/collage/ Media Collage Index] that also links to similar projects like '''Illegal Art''' http://www.illegal-art.org/.
| |
| | |
| '''Remix.Kwed.Org''' http://remix.kwed.org/ is "the definite '''guide to C64 remakes'''" featuring user submitted Commodore 64 remixes. The "small print" states that "all files provided for download on this server are assumed to be freely distributable." A related project is '''The C64 Take-away podcast''' http://c64takeaway.com/.
| |
| | |
| '''OverClocked ReMix''' http://www.ocremix.org/ is the "'''Unofficial Game Music Arrangement Community'''". From their FAQ: "Isn't this music copyrighted?" "Yes, the original works which OverClocked ReMixes are based off of are copyrighted. We are not out to infringe on the copyright owner's rights by making money off of their content. ReMixes are not sold, and ad banners on this site go only to pay for the bandwidth / hosting that it requires. Thus far, there have been no complaints."
| |
| | |
| === '''Concepts/Ideas''' ===
| |
| | |
| '''Little Sound Dj''' http://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/ "The basic idea is to '''transform a plain Game Boy/Game Boy Color into a full-fledged music workstation'''." There is the [http://wiki.littlesounddj.com/ LSDj Wiki] showing how to build an LSDj Midi Interface and there is also a mailinglist.
| |
| | |
| === '''Activism''' ===
| |
| | |
| '''Downhill Battle''' http://www.downhillbattle.org/ "is a '''non-profit organization working to support participatory culture and build a fairer music industry'''." About themselves: "Five major record labels have a monopoly that's bad for musicians and music culture, but now we have an opportunity to change that. We can use tools like filesharing to strengthen independent labels and end the major label monopoly." There is a very good link collection towards the bottom of the main page.
| |
| | |
| === '''Forums/Help''' ===
| |
| | |
| The '''electro-music.com forums''' http://electro-music.com/forum/ are "'''dedicated to experimental electro-acoustic
| |
| and electronic music'''".
| |
| | |
| The '''Home Recording dot com BBS''' http://homerecording.com/bbs/ is one of the forums from N o W h e r e R a d i o . c o m http://www.nowhereradio.com/ that "is here '''to help promote independent musicians around the world''' using new technologies, and bring new music to the barren ears of people from all walks of life!"
| |
| | |
| = '''(Pro) Tutorials/How-To Sites''' =
| |
| | |
| '''Janee's Photoshop Tutorials''' http://myjanee.home.insightbb.com/tutorials.htm are "'''Photoshop Tutorials from the Goddess'''". Techniques described here can of course be applied to open-source alternatives like the [http://www.gimp.org/ Gimp] or be a useful resource for editing/compositing work in other programmes like Final Cut Pro.
| |
| | |
| '''Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro''' site http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html is '''one of the best resources for FCP tutorials'''. A lot of concepts and techniques can of course be applied to other non-linear editing solutions.
| |
| | |
| '''Blender 3D: Noob to Pro''' http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro is "from Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection" and a "'''tutorial for''' the free, open source [http://www.blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html '''Blender'''] 3D graphics modeling and rendering software."
| |
| | |
| '''TuftsOpenCourseWare''' offers many [http://ocw.tufts.edu/Content/28/supplementarymaterial/366744 '''.pdf'''] and over 100 [http://ocw.tufts.edu/Content/28/supplementarymaterial/366743 '''video tutorials'''] for "three-Dimensional Modeling, Animation and Rendering Using '''Blender''' 3D Software". (http://ocw.tufts.edu)
| |
| | |
| Apple's '''H.264 Frequently Asked Questions''' http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/h264/faq.html
| |
| | |
| = Related Online Articles =
| |
| | |
| (14.09.06) [http://www.getdemocracy.com/articles/future_of_video.php '''The Future of Online Video - Openness Matters. RSS Can Help.'''] (www.getdemocracy.com)
| |
| | |
| (30.08.06) '''[http://www.lifehacker.com/software/creative-commons/geek-to-live-6-ways-to-find-reusable-media-197538.php Geek to Live: 6 ways to find reusable media]''' (Creative Commons search and more - www.lifehacker.com)
| |
| | |
| (17.08.06) '''[http://www.getdemocracy.com/news/2006/08/in-the-making-tutorials-for-online-video/ In the Making: Tutorials for Online Video]''' (www.getdemocracy.com)
| |
| | |
| (17.08.06) '''[http://freenetproject.org/ John Gilmore donates US$15,000 to the Freenet Project]''' (freenetproject.org)
| |
| | |
| (14.08.06) '''[http://www2.piratpartiet.se/nyheter/press_release_pirate_party_launches_worlds_first_commercial_darknet/ PRESS RELEASE: Pirate Party Launches World's First Commercial Darknet]''' (www2.piratpartiet.se)
| |
| | |
| (14.08.06) '''[http://thebighack.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=622&mode=nested&order=0&thold=0 Closing Letter to the Copyright Industry Associations of America]''' ("... we announce a massively distributed copy-less file system." - thebighack.org)
| |
| | |
| (27.07.06) '''[http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060727.html What goes on the Net stays on the Net]''' (About YouTube: "They could refuse to take down your video... ...charge YOU for your own video. ...insert ads in the video..." - www.pbs.org)
| |
| | |
| (03.05.06) '''[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,70795-0.html?tw=wn_index_16 Soderbergh: Burn, Hollywood, Burn]''' (www.wired.com)
| |
| | |
| (07.04.06) '''[http://www.dvguru.com/2006/04/07/ten-video-sharing-services-compared/ Ten video sharing services compared]''' (www.dvguru.com)
| |
| | |
| (06.04.06) '''[http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/04/06/video_editing_publishing_and_remixing.htm Video Editing, Publishing And Remixing Online Is Here]''' (www.masternewmedia.org)
| |
| | |
| (14.03.06) '''[http://maketelevision.com/log/why_ogg_theora_matters_for_internet_tv Why Ogg Theora Matters for Internet TV]''' (maketelevision.com)
| |
| | |
| (08.2005) [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/tech_pr.html '''We Are the Web'''] (www.wired.com)
| |
| | |
| = Audiovisual P2P Related Media =
| |
| | |
| == '''Video''' ==
| |
| | |
| [http://www.videobomb.com/posts/show/2121 '''Who Owns Culture?'''] by '''Lawrence Lessig''' - A talk about copyright and (remix) culture - '''20 min. 5 sec.''' - Google Video via www.videobomb.com
| |
| | |
| [http://www.archive.org/details/criminal02mov '''Copyright Criminals Preview'''] by '''Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod''' - A work in progress - '''10 min. 29 sec.''' - www.archive.org
| |
| | |
| [http://www.ourmedia.org/node/9237 '''We Are The Media'''] by '''Josh Leo''' - A video mash-up about the vlogging movement - '''2 min. 20 sec.''' - www.ourmedia.org
| |
| | |
| [http://alternativefreedom.org/?page_id=7 '''Alternative Freedom'''] (Trailer) by '''Twila and Shauna''' - A documentary about the invisible war on culture - '''3 min. 54 sec.''' - alternativefreedom.org
| |
| | |
| [http://www.ourmedia.org/node/251924 '''Ourmedia - 21st Century Media'''] by '''Valentin Spirik''' - A 3D animation video for ourmedia.org - '''45 sec.''' - www.ourmedia.org
| |
| | |
| = The Directory =
| |