• ffmpegX - wide variety of supported codecs
• http://homepage.mac.com/major4/
• !openshiiva - fast and simple, single pass, video and audio, vob to mp4 converter
• http://openshiiva.sourceforge.net/
• MPEG Streamclip - convert between MPEG1/2 and DV/other formats
• http://www.alfanet.it/squared5/mpegstreamclip.html
• Moving ASCII - convert movies into ASCII
• http://frankbitterlich.gotdns.com/article.php?story=2004072218222147

• MPEG2 software encoder ($56)
• http://www.innobits.se/

• Mac video blog w/good software links
• http://emandtim.no-ip.com/tim/

SVCD SW and tutorials

• RNCs Guide to SVCD on Mac
• http://homepage.mac.com/rnc/
• SVCD on a Macintosh memo and cookbook
• http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCD_on_a_Macintosh.txt

Understanding 16:9

• http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/understanding_16_9.html

• Export - H.264, 4000kbits, 1280×720 for d/l, preserve aspect, letterbox, current frame rate, auto key frame,
  • H.264 video options - Main, best quality

• !quicktime Broadcaster - live broadcasting Quicktime server (free)
• http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/broadcaster/
• Apple scripts for above - http://www.apple.com/applescript/bluetooth/qtbroadcaster.html
• Darwin Streaming Server - open source version streaming server
• http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/
• Display movies in free version of Quicktime fullscreen (untested)
• http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020722081156794
• http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Freeware/[[fullscreenmovieplayer]].html
• Edit MPEG files directly using Quicktime (cut out commercials, etc.)
• http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040213203637547

• use !quicktime Broadcaster to manually adjust brightness, color temp, and balance for better videos
• Webcam or DV, Lighting is Important - http://macdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/3687

• good tutorial from Apple
  • http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/theater/
• main Apple support site
  • http://www.apple.com/support/finalcutexpress/index.html
• good selection of how-tos
  • http://www.dvguys.com/
• importing stills and maintaining correct aspect ratio
  • http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_ps_stills_to_fcp.html
• FCP → MPEG2 export
  • http://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials/basic_fcp4_mpeg2.html
• General tips
  • http://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials.html
• Color Correcting in FCE
  • http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/cheating_fce_color_seth.html

YouTube exporting

• http://www.lafcpug.org/Tutorials/basic_you_tube.html
• http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/youtube_compressor_gary.html

Plugins

• Day for Night - free plugin to convert daylight scenes to night, night vision, or IR
• http://www.riverrockstudios.com/riverrock/pages/dayfornight.html
• Jitterbug - induce a slight jitter into static titles
• http://www.riverrockstudios.com/riverrock/pages/jitterbug.html
• Chromatic Glow - make any color glow
• http://www.riverrockstudios.com/riverrock/pages/chromatGlow.html

Conversion tools

• SWF to mpeg converter - (Windows)
• http://www.imagespro.com/programs/2775/
• http://www.imagespro.com/programs/2312/
• http://www.imagespro.com/search.php3?q=convert+to+flash

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