Web Videos Tools and techniques for publishing your videos on the web
Jul 10, 2008We’ll show you how to convert your videos to FLV format and play them from your website with FlowPlayer.
more »Video Straming Streaming servers and codecs
Jul 10, 2008If you want to use Linux to stream video over the Internet, you might have to fight your way through a jungle of codec alphabets. The available software is anything but intuitive. This article will help you pick the options that best fit your needs.
more »Video Editing with LiVES LiVES video editor
Jul 07, 2008Linux users who edit videos on their computers have so far been restricted to the fairly simplistic Kino program and the functional monster Cinelerra. LiVES steps up to fill the gap.
more »3D Animation Maya 8.5
Jul 02, 2008Realistic computer-animated movie scenes have been around for years, but hair, water, and fire are still difficult for 3D programs to handle. The new Maya 8.5 stands above the crowd.
more »Jahshaka 2.0 Video editing with Jahshaka
Jul 02, 2008One of the first things you notice about the free video-editing software Jahshaka is its unconventional controls. But once you master the learning curve, Jahshaka turns out to be a useful tool with professional features.
more »VIDEO JOCKEY VJing with Veejay
Jul 01, 2008Video jockeys (VJs) are a by-prod-uct of music TV. Instead of juggling with LPs, VJs projected colored images onto the screen. Today, all you need to be a VJ is a standard PC and the right effects program. To get started, you just need a couple of snippets of original video material and the free effects program, Veejay. According to the ads on the project homepage, Veejay “allows you to ‘play’ the video like you would play a piano.”
more »OpenML Multimedia applications with OpenML
Jul 01, 2008Programming multimedia applications in Linux used to be a tedious process, demanding specialized libraries and even custom code for addressing hardware directly. The OpenML library offers a simpler approach.
more »Flash and Moonlight News
May 15, 2008New releases of the two competing Web technologies, Flash and Silverlight, have just become available. While version 10 of the new Flash Player runs on three platforms, the Silverlight implementation, Moonlight, is designed exclusively for Linux systems.
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