April 16, 2007

Directory of Video Resources for Dancers

In this post, I've put together a large list of categorized links to a wide-range of video resources for dancers.

VIDEO SHARING

You can upload your dance videos to the following video sharing websites:

Blip.tv
Dailymotion
Google Video
Grouper
Guba
ifilm
Metacafe
MySpace
Ourmedia
Photobucket
Revver
Veoh
Viddler
Vmix
vSocial
Yahoo Video
YouTube

Hi-Definition/High-Quality Video Sites:

Stage6 (DivX)
Vuze

Upcoming:

Article 19 - The Film Room
Babelgum
Joost

VIDEO CHANNELS AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

There are many different approaches you can take to building customized video content, channels and distribution networks:

Apple iTunes
Brightcove
Dabble
Magnify.net
Mefeedia
Vidavee
VodPod

VIDEO EDITING APPLICATIONS

Web-Based Video Editing Applications:

Cuts
EyeSpot
JumpCut

PC-Based Video Editing Applications:

- Windows:

Windows Movie Maker
Pinnacle Studio
Adobe Premiere

- Mac:

iMovie
Final Cut Pro

MASHUP (MIX) YOUR VIDEOS

The following web-based applications can be used to let others create mashups (remixes) your dance videos:

Cuts
EyeSpot
JumpCut
Photobucket

VIDEO ANNOTATION

The following web-based applications allow you and your users to highlight sections within a video; add notes and graphics; and tag and link to specific video sections:

Bubbleply
ClickTV
Gotuit - SceneMaker
Mojiti
Motionbox
Veotag
Vidavee
Viddler
vSocial

HOW-TO VIDOES

The following websites host and aggregate how-to videos. Dancers can upload or list their dance instruction videos on these sites:

5min
Expert Village
SuTree
VideoJug

SELL YOUR VIDEOS

Sell your videos through online video services:

Amazon Unbox with CutomFlix
Guba

MONETIZE VIDEOS WITH VIDEO ADS

Different types of ad delivery systems and networks are being developed to incorporate video and ofther ad types in to or along side your videos. Here are three applications to explore:

AdBrite
Brightroll.com
VideoEgg

INTERNET CONNECTED SET-TOP BOXES

We are in the early stages of connecting broadband Internet connections with both PCs and TVs. This development will offer new video distribution opportunities for dancers:

Akimbo
Apple TV
TiVo
TiVo and Amazon Unbox
TiVo and OneTrueMedia

SENDING LARGE VIDEO FILES

Video files can be very large and sending them by email is usually not a good option. Here are different services that let you send large video files to others:

AllPeers
DropSend
MoveDigital
Pando
SendThisFile
YouSendIt

VIDEO PLAYERS

The following video players can be used to watch videos in different formats:

Apple QuickTime Player
Adobe Flash Player
Democracy Player
DivX Player
FireAnt
Microsoft Windows Media Player
Move Networks (Used by ABC)
RealPlayer

VIDEO SEARCH SITES

Search for videos across the Internet:

Blinkx
ClipBlast
Pixsy
PureVideo
Search for Videos
Search Video (AOL)
Vdoogle
Yahoo Video

VIDEO CONVERSION AND ENCODING

In addition to using video editing software programs, you may need additional software to convert and encode your video files into specific formats for video sharing sites and online distribution. Here are some options:

Flash:

Riva FLV Encoder 2 (Windows)

Universal/Multiple Formats:

AVS Video (Windows)
Super (Windows)
MPEG Streamclip (Mac/Windows)
QuickTime Pro (Mac/Windows)
VisualHub (Mac)

(See following article on Robin Good's site for more encoding options.)

Posted by Doug Fox on April 16, 2007 6:53 AM

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