BoingBoing recently published an announcement that EngageMedia has written a “great, lengthy, detailed report on free and open video formats and tools.” Read the report here. While the report deals with advanced video technologies and practices, it’s focus is on usability, and attempts to make ease of use the most important criterion in evaluating the wide range of software options. BoingBoing touts it as “a roadmap for people who want to make non-proprietary videos . . . without paying royalties or being saddled with restrictions on playing and copying.”
This is my first introduction to EngageMedia, and they seem impressively organized and effective. They’re regional, focused on producing and promoting video about social justice and environmental issues in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Their goals are many, and admirable. They aim to “create an online archive of independent video productions using open content licenses and form a peer network of video makers, educators and screening organisations.”
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