MIT TechTV Blog http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog The source for MIT TechTV news, highlights, and articles. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en *Updated! - Want to learn the basics of making a video? http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=48 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=48#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:18:37 +0000 MIT TechTV Events Tips http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=48 MIT TechTV will offer two workshop sessions on creating your own videos for the Web and MIT TechTV. The hands-on sessions, offered by Kris Brewer, will be held in the MIT Libraries’ Digital Instruction Resource Center (14N-132) and are open to the MIT Community only please.  We plan on recording the sessions so if you miss them, please check back on this posting as we will link to the videos when we get them up.

Introduction to Video Making for the Web

Dates & Times:  Thursday, August 6th, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. & Tuesday, August 25th, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Location: 14N-132

Questions: Contact Kris Brewer, MIT TechTV Webmaster & Community Liaison, brew@mit.edu, 617-452-3157

No registration required, bring your own equipment/camera if you have one

Video Recordings of the Sessions:

Resources:

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=48 *Updated - Want to post HD video? http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=49 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=49#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:27:15 +0000 MIT TechTV News Tips http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=49 MIT TechTV’s vendor (Viddler) is currently trying out a Beta of an HD video feature.  We have it plugged into MIT TechTV, so if you want to try it out, just upload your videos with the following settings and the rest should take care of itself.

  • Format: h.264
  • File Extension: .mov, m4v, .mp4
  • Resolution: 1280×720, 720×480
  • Bit-rate: 500Kbps – 4Mbps

For Audio, we just found out that PCM formatting won’t work.  We know that AAC formatting works just fine though.
Please send us any feedback you may have to techtv@mit.edu so that we can help perfect this new feature.

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=49 MIT TechTV is now part of the MIT Libraries http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=47 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=47#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:44:40 +0000 MIT TechTV News http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=47 If you haven’t heard yet, MIT TechTV officially became part of the MIT Libraries on July 1st, 2009. With over 6.5 million videos viewed on the site since it’s inception in April of 2007, MIT TechTV allows you to reach out to the world with it’s Content Delivery Network serving your videos globally and efficiently. With this transition, MIT TechTV continues to be a free resource for the Institute and the MIT community for video publishing, hosting and sharing. Keep those great videos coming! For more information on the site, see the About MIT TechTV page.

To find out more about MIT TechTV, download a copy of a recent PowerPoint (.ppt) presentation on the site.

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=47 MIT TechTV is now on Twitter! http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=46 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=46#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:46:43 +0000 MIT TechTV News http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=46 MIT TechTV has jsut joined the twitter revolution.  Follow us at http://twitter.com/MIT_TechTV to find out the latest little things that are happening with the site.  Anything from some cool videos that are just uploaded to thoughts and updates on what’s happening with upgrades, bugs and outages.

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=46 Attention Video Makers! The CMS Media Spectacle is back! http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=45 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=45#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:24:32 +0000 MIT TechTV Events Contests MIT students http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=45 The CMS Media Spectacle is in it’s 11th year at MIT.  It’s a chance for students, staff and faculty to have their films/videos screened in front of a faculty jury.  There are also substantial cash prizes awarded to
the winning films/videos.

Any length or format is accepted and the deadline for submissions in April 23rd.  The CMS Media Spectacle itself is being held on Monday, April 27th at 7PM.

Click here to find out more about this event!

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=45 How are we doing? http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=44 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=44#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:46:43 +0000 MIT TechTV News http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=44 MIT TechTV is turning two in April, 2009.

On March 10th, we celebrated our 1500th video uploaded and over x million hits!
We’d love to hear from you! Please tell us:

  • Who you are and where you’re from.
  • How you’ve been using the site.
  • What you like about the site?
  • What you would like to see added?
  • What could be improved?
  • Anything else you’d like to tell us?

Please feel free to put your comments on this blog or if you’d like, feel free to email us directly at techtv@mit.edu.  Thanks and keep the videos coming and keep on viewing.  Thanks, MIT TechTV

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=44 Educause Web Seminar on Copyright and Fair Use http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=43 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=43#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:51:25 +0000 MIT TechTV Events Tips http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=43 If you were unable to join us for the Educause Web Seminar “Copyright Balance and Fair Use in Networked Learning: Lessons from Creators’ Codes of Best Practices” with Patricia Aufderheide (Professor and Director, Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University) & Peter Jaszi (Professor of Law, American University) you can see the archived event on Educause’s site here as well as download the .PPT.

For more information from the Center on Social Media at American University and the Fair Use and Copyright Guidelines they have been working on, see our previous blog entry.

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=43 Want music for your video? http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=21 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=21#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:57:57 +0000 MIT TechTV Tips http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=21 Sure, Rihanna’s “Shut Up and Drive” is the perfect song for your solar car video. Unfortunately, unless Rihanna personally gave you permission to use her music, you won’t be able to upload a video containing her song to MIT TechTV.

Unauthorized use of someone else’s content — including music, video, images and other media — in your uploads is theft and therefore doesn’t fly on MIT TechTV. Check out our Copyright Policy and Terms of Use for what’s OK and not OK to upload to MIT TechTV.

Does that mean your videos have to be music-free? No way. There are lots of royalty-free music sites out there. Some have contemporary songs, mixes, and loops that are licensed by their creators under Creative Commons, or CC, and some have older songs whose copyrights have expired and are thus in the public domain.

Here are some good examples. Some of the sites below require setting up a free account:

http://www.publicdomain4u.com/
Copyright-expired songs, including a lot of good blues and jazz.

http://www.musopen.com/
Musopen takes music (mostly classical) that is in the public domain and has it recorded by individuals and college/community orchestras throughout the U.S. and stored online so it can be accessed for free through this website.

http://www.jamendo.com/en/
An archive of CC-licensed music that’s available for download via P2P. You will need P2P software (e.g. BitTorrent http://www.bittorrent.com/) to download on jamendo.

http://www.sectionz.com/cc.asp
An electronic music community that offers CC-licensed tracks from genres like IDM, drum ‘n’ bass, and ambient.

http://www.opsound.org/index.php
Music samples and links to websites of artists whose work is CC-licensed.

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
A collaborative database of CC-licensed sounds (NOTE: these are samples of sounds — like rain falling — not music).

http://ccmixter.org/
A community music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under CC licenses. Click on the MP3 link of your chosen song and, under your browser menu, click File, Save As to save the MP3 to your computer.

http://ibeat.org/
A music production wav file archive: Loops, beats, fills, shots, samples, packs and instrumentals, available under a Creative Commons License.

NOTE: If you do your own search for royalty-free music sites, be sure to read carefully. Some sites (excluding those listed above) have hidden fees, subscription costs, or unreasonable obligations.

Make your own: Of course, you can also make your own music with easy-to-use software like GarageBand (comes with every Macintosh) or MAGIX Music Maker (for PCs, costs around $60). Here are some other resources for music composing software:

Visitor Suggested Sites:

Send us links to other good sites and we’ll add them.  Thanks!

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=21 MIT TechTV Upgrades and Re-Launch Event http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=42 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=42#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:37:05 +0000 MIT TechTV News Events Tips http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=42 We are pleased to announce that MIT TechTV has just released upgrades to the website!  To celebrate these enhancements, MIT TechTV will be hosting an event on campus in the Bush Room (off of Lobby 10) Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 PM EST.  During the event, we will show a highlight reel of some of the more popular and interesting videos from the site, provide demonstrations of new features (such as private videos, the new player with commenting IN the video, and enhanced feeds) and answer any questions as well as solicit input for the next round of upgrades.  Come join us for some popcorn and a good show!

Thanks, MIT TechTV

]]> http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?feed=rss2&p=42 Following Copyright Guidelines When Creating A Video http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=39 http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=39#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:23:26 +0000 MIT TechTV News Tips http://scripts.mit.edu/~techtv/blog/?p=39 With all of the lawsuits happening these days over copyright infringement and the such in online videos (such as the pending $1 B Viacom v. Google suit), people are wondering what they can do to help prevent getting in trouble themselves. Recently, the Center for Social Media (part of the School of Communication at American University) has concluded a long, in-depth project to establish a set of “Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video“, and other valuable information to help guide video creators in ways to prevent getting themselves in trouble.

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