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Get on your digital soapbox!

EngageMedia 03/09/2007

September: As part of ANAT’s “Still Open” workshops EngageMedia programmer Andy Nicholson will be speaking in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane at a series of free public lectures along with Alessandro Ludovico and Beatriz da Costa.

Going to APEC? Looking for video makers

EngageMedia 01/09/2007

EngageMedia is looking for video makers going to the APEC summit in Sydney this week. We want to cover a range of angles on the site from those challenging APEC’s neoliberal agenda. If you are planning on being there, are looking for other video makers, or have content to contribute then let us know.

Ogg Theora to Flash Transcoding Live on EngageMedia.org

EngageMedia 15/08/2007

EngageMedia are happy to announce Ogg Theora to Flash transcoding is live on the website. What does that mean?? Ogg Theora is a high quality FOSS (Free Open Source Software) video codec developed by Xiph.org. It means that now you can make an Ogg file of your video and when you upload it you’ll be able to watch a transcoded (or converted) version of this in the EngageMedia embedded Flash Player – just as you would with any other video format. At EngageMedia we try to encourage the use of free software wherever possible. As far as video codecs like Quicktime, Windows Media and Flash are concerned, these are proprietary codecs that can cost huge amounts of money for online distributors to use, depending on the license and how these videos are delivered to the web audience. We encourage the use of FOSS codecs where possible, and are hoping to increase their usability and uptake.

FOSS for Media Makers Workshop at MRC, Adelaide

EngageMedia 06/08/2007

On Saturday 4th of August 2007, EngageMedia conducted a workshop on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) at the Media Resource Centre in Adelaide.

New Ogg Theora Tutorial for OS X

EngageMedia 12/07/2007

We’ve just added a new tutorial on how to create Ogg Theora/Vorbis files to upload to EngageMedia, using the new Simple Theora Encoder from v2v. Check this out to see how you can generate video files made with free open source video codecs on your Mac running OS X.

Audio/Video Toolkit Updated

EngageMedia 02/07/2007

The Audio/Video edition of NGO-in-a-Box is a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools, guides and tutorials for multimedia production and distribution. The edition has just been revised with new tools, updated versions of the software, the ability to browse the content by tags and some new categories.

Sydney EngageMedia Screening Saturday 19th May

EngageMedia 16/05/2007

Come along to a screening of highlights from EngageMedia.org. All the videos have been contributed by the talented and diverse members of the website.

We will screen videos about how to turn your TV into abstract art, refugees in outback Australia, nude bicyclists, Tom Cruise and Oprah (a remix), Michael Franti, youth
rebellion in Tonga, the Janitor Liberation movement, the Tranny Cops, police brutality, gender and sexism in Malaysia, art and sedition, climate change in the Pacific, and more!!

Video Slam OPEN CHANNEL @ Arts Law Week 2007

VIDEO SLAM 2007: Call for Registrations

EngageMedia 12/04/2007

VIDEO SLAM is a Creative Commons production workshop from OPEN CHANNEL being held during Arts Law Week in Melbourne. OPEN CHANNEL is calling for registrations from willing participants who will spend 48 hours at Horse Bazaar producing a 10 minute short from only Creative Commons licensed content.

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