Teaching

Technical Matters:

The below selection should provide a PC user with all the freeware tools necessary to deal with audiovisual materials.

YouTube / Flash Video Files:

• Download YouTube Files (keepvid.com)
• Play YouTube Files (Flash Video Player)
• DownloadHelper (Firefox Plugin)
• FLV to AVI converter

Standard Video and Audio Codecs:

• divx
• xvid
• AC3 Filter (for AC3 and DTS audio tracks)

Alternative Media Players:

• Media Player Classic
• VLC Media Player

Free Video Cutting Software (You may need several programs):

You need a fast machine (preferrably at least a dual core computer) to conveniently be using these programs --- it will still take a lot of time.

• DVD Decrypter (fair use / backup purposes only!)
• DVD Shrink (fair use / backup purposes only!)
• Handbrake (fair use / backup purposes only!)
• DVDx (fair use / backup purposes only!)
• Auto Gordian Knot (also contains codecs)
• Virtual Dub for cutting, reencoding, compressing, reauthoring
• Avidemux for cutting, reencoding, compressing, reauthoring

Correctly encoded avi files can be embedded into PowerPoint presentations. The location of the source files is not irrelevant, so if you put your presentation onto a USB stick, it will only work with the videos if all folders have been maintained. You should test it beforehand; and ideally, bring your own laptop.