Guide to Digital Video Distro
by
EngageMedia
—
August 25, 2012
The following guide, written by Anna Helme, aims to be an overview of the issues and procedures involved in distributing video produced by or for NGOs and non-profits using DVD/VCD and the web. This will hopefully also serve as a practical methodology for using free and open source software as part of a digital video distribution strategy.
This guide can be read or printed as a single page here. Or you can download it as a PDF.
CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- DIGITAL VIDEO BASICS
- Player Software
- Compression
- Codecs
- Container Formats
- Standards
- Mobile Devices
- ONLINE DISTRIBUTION
- BROADBAND DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY
- Screening quality video
- Video for viewing on computer or within the browser
- Peer-to-Peer file sharing
- Vodcasting
- DVD AND VCD DISTRIBUTION
- DVD
- Steps involved in authoring a DVD
- VCD
- Steps involved in making a VCD
- CONCLUSION
