Authoring

There's a lot to think about when choosing formats for acquisition and distribution.

MPEG-2, DivX, AVCHD: These are just a few of the confusing acronyms of digital video. Let's clear the air a bit

Is your head drowning in acronyms such as MPEG-4, MPEG-2, H.264, 3GPP and the like? Well, we're going to throw you an MPEG-4 life ring and see if we can get you back in the boat.

MPEG-2 Encoding Tips for DVD Authors

Is HDV really the next big thing? In potential for greatness, perhaps. In "file size" surprisingly not. But in "gotchas"... maybe.

When it comes to audio in our videos, most of us just plug in a microphone and hit the record button.

Okay, we're now officially smack dab in the middle of the era of the

Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 Video Editing Software

Web Terms

Disc authoring suites are versatile and reasonably powerful one-stop solutions for a wide variety of media management tasks.

Pioneer PRV-LX1; DVD Recorder

Although Adaptec's VideOh! tackles video editing and DVD tasks with simplicity, the internal television tuner reveals that it is really a TV recorder (DVR).

DVD may be all the rage, but there is a nearly universal distribution path that has been around for quite a while now.

Tips for authoring DVD menus.

Throw that carousel projector away. Now you can build your own slideshow that doesn't require turning down the lights.

Everybody's jumping on the YouTube bandwagon, from cats and kids to vacation travelers and pros. It's fun and it's easy. Here are some quick tips to getting started.

From YouTube on the Internet to iPods and cell phones, you can find video everywhere. But getting it TO these devices can be tricky.

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