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| [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Audiovisual#Beginner.27s_Guide_to_the_AudioVisual_P2P_Net << '''Previous Chapter''' <<] | [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Audiovisual#Guided_Tours >> '''Next Chapter''' >>]
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| === '''Audio/Video Players/Aggregators, Web TV and Codec''' ===
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| The '''VLC media player''' (or '''[[VideoLAN]]''') http://www.videolan.org/ is an open-source '''video (and audio) player''' available '''for all major platforms''' and capable of '''playing back almost all video formats found online'''. The VLC '''can be used as a streaming server''' http://www.videolan.org/streaming/ and also for '''transcoding video(streams)'''. '''(*)'''
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| The '''MPlayer''' http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html, open-source, is "the '''Movie Player for Linux'''", but there is also the MPlayer OS X http://mplayerosx.sourceforge.net/.
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| '''[[Miro]]''' http://www.getmiro.com/, open-source, brings '''independent internet tv''' (and using the '''[[Broadcast Machine]]''' http://www.getmiro.com/create/broadcast/ anyone can publish media - also via '''[[Bittorrent]]'''). Available for all major platforms.
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| '''[[FireAnt]]''' http://fireant.tv/ is - like Miro 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 also offers one of the best ways of playing back downloaded .flv (Flash Video) files. ('''KeepVid''' http://keepvid.com/ lets users '''download Flash Videos''' from sites like YoutTube.) Available for Windows and Mac OS X.
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| '''PenguinTV''' http://penguintv.sourceforge.net/, open-source, is "not just another RSS feed reader. It is designed from the ground up '''to work seamlessly with podcasts and video blogs'''". Available for Linux.
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| '''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. Since the latest version of the open-source VLC (0.8.6) - see above - now also plays back videos encoded with the newer Windows Media 9 codec (on the Mac), Flip4Mac might not be so important any more for some Mac users.
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| '''QTAmateur''' http://www.mikeash.com/?page=software/qtamateur/index.html is "a small, simple QuickTime video player. It can play any format that QuickTime can understand, handle '''fullscreen video playback''', and '''export files to any format that QuickTime can write''' ...'''includes a Batch Export function''' which can convert any number of movies at a time to another format."
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| '''Perian''' http://perian.org/ is "a free, open source '''QuickTime® component that adds native support for many popular video formats'''" (like .avi and .flv). Requires '''OS X 10.4.7'''.
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| '''Xiph QuickTime Components''' http://www.xiph.org/quicktime/ is "the solution for '''Mac and Windows users''' who want to use Xiph formats in any QuickTime-based application, e.g. '''playing Ogg Vorbis in iTunes'''."
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| '''[[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'''.
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| '''(*)''' '''VLC 0.8.6''' (December 2006): '''Windows Media 9 and Flash Video''' now also '''supported under OS X'''. The only major format '''not supported yet''' on any platform is the increasingly unpopular '''RealVideo'''.
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| === '''Audio/Video/Image Editing and 3D''' ===
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| '''Audacity''' http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ is an open-source '''audio editor''', available for all major platforms. '''(*)'''
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| '''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.
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| '''Inkskape''' http://www.inkscape.org/ is an open-source '''vector graphics editor''', available for all major platforms.
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| 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.
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| '''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.
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| '''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. (The open-source '''VLC media player''' http://www.videolan.org/ can also be used for '''transcoding video''' and is available for '''all major platforms'''.)
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| '''Jashaka''' http://www.jahshaka.org/ is "the worlds first OpenSource '''Realtime Editing and Effects System'''", available for all major platforms.
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| '''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)."
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| '''Kdenlive''' http://kdenlive.org/ is "a '''non linear video editor''' for the '''KDE''' environment running on '''Linux'''. It is based on the MLT video framework which relies on the FFMPEG project".
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| '''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/.
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| '''Ubuntu Studio''' http://ubuntustudio.org/ is "A '''multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu'''" and "aimed at the '''GNU/Linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional'''. We provide '''a suite of the best open-source applications available for multimedia creation'''. Completely free to use, modify and redistribute. Your only limitation is your imagination."
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| '''Blender''' http://www.blender.org/ is an open-source '''3D modeling/animation programme''', available for all major platforms.
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| '''See also''' the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMovie '''iMovie'''] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Movie_Maker '''Windows Movie Maker'''] entries for basic (commercial) '''video editing software''' (en.wikipedia.org). A basic '''DV video editing software''' for '''Linux''' is the open-source [http://www.kinodv.org/ '''Kino'''] (www.kinodv.org).
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| '''(*)''' '''Mac OS X Audacity bug''': if you hear '''no sound''' when watching .flv videos (e.g. '''YouTube''') after using Audacity: Open Audio MIDI Setup (/Applications/Utilities/) and '''change the "Audio Output setting"''' from "96000.0Hz" '''back to "44100.0Hz"''' (see also [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300832 '''Mac OS X: No audio from certain multimedia content''']). (docs.info.apple.com)
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| === '''Audio/Screen Capturing''' ===
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| '''Audacity''' http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ '''for free audio capturing''' on OS X and Windows '''explained''' in this [http://digg.com/software/MP3myMP3_Recorder_saves_any_audio_you_hear_on_your_computer '''digg discussion'''] (digg.com).
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| 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).
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| '''KeepVid''' http://keepvid.com/ or '''Video Downloader''' http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php let users '''download Flash Videos''' from sites like YoutTube.
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| '''PodTube''' (OS X) and '''iTube''' (Windows) are for [http://www.epicempire.com/software/youtube-to-ipod.html '''YouTube to iPod''']. (www.epicempire.com) '''Note''': If this link is not working also try [http://www.indianwebmaster.org/showthread.php?t=174 '''The Amazing YouTube Tools Collection''']. (www.indianwebmaster.org)
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| [http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Audiovisual#.28Pro.29_Audio_Tutorials.2FInformation '''(Pro) Audio Tutorials/Information'''] to '''learn about DRM removal'''.
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| '''Wiretap''' http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/ "allows you to '''record audio from any running applications''', as well as from any microphone, line-in, headset...". Commercial software. ('''Free''' option '''via Audacity''': see above)
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| '''Snapz Pro X''' http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ "allows you to effortlessly '''record anything on your screen''', saving it as a QuickTime® movie or screenshot". Commercial software.
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| '''Copernicus''' http://danicsoft.com/projects/copernicus/ "doesn't just take '''screenshots'''... allows you to '''save''' directly to RAM, increasing movie framerates significantly for '''shorter movies'''". Requires OS X 10.4. Free commercial software.
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| '''Screen Mimic''' http://www.polarian.com/products/ScreenMimic.php "allows you to '''create screencasts (recordings of your Mac OS X desktop)''' that can be saved as Adobe Flash (SWF), Flash Video (FLV), or Quicktime (MOV) files". Requires OS X 10.4. Commercial software.
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| '''CamStudio''' http://www.camstudio.org/ is an open-source '''"Free Screen Recording Software"'''. Download via http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/.
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| '''VH Screen Capture Driver''' http://www.free-codecs.com/download/VH_Screen_Capture_Driver.htm "is a DirectShow filter, which emulates Video Capture card and '''captures screen activity'''." Freeware.
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| List of '''Video Recording''' software from Softpedia http://www.softpedia.com/catList/112,0,1,0,1.html. Mainly commercial software, some freeware.
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| '''SnagIt''' http://www.softwarecasa.com/pprod/212401dd.htm "All the '''screen capture and editing functionality''' you’ll ever need, in one simply powerful program." Commercial software. ('''Free''' option '''via Audacity''': see above)
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| '''Camtasia Studio''' http://www.softwarecasa.com/pprod/212402dd.htm "'''Full-Motion Screen Recording''' Software". Commercial software.
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| '''See also''' the related online article [http://www.therealcaffeine.com/how-to/rip-dvd-with-vlc/ '''How-to: Rip DVDs with VLC''']. (www.therealcaffeine.com, 21.01.07)
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