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Converting Video Formats

This guide will help you understand digital video formats and convert them to suit your needs.

Sites with forums, tutorials and general information

  • VideoHelp
    Forums, guides, lists, downloads and much more. Use the Search Box to find the answer to nearly all video related questions.
  • Creative Cow
    Support communities for digital video, video editing, and media production. Loaded with great in-depth tutorals.
  • AfterDawn
    Dedicated to providing information and technical details about digital multimedia, to include a forum, guides, product reviews, downloads and a glossary.
  • A Primer on Codecs
    10 Recommendations for codec selection and management from AudioVisual Preservation Solutions, a full service audiovisual preservation and information management consulting firm.
  • The Library of Congress 
    LOC's official list of descriptions for all moving image digital formats.

Software

Resources at VCU

  • Creative Technologies and Scholarship (The Workshop), VCU Libraries
    The Workshop, in the James Branch Cabell Library, provides to the VCU Community, self-service, cross-platform video editing stations with a wide variety of capture and export options. Stations are self-service, advanced appointments encouraged for consultation. Call 827-3594 or email theworkshop@vcu.edu.
  • Health Sciences Library Makerspace
    MCR, in the Health Sciences Library, provides to the VCU Community, a self-service cross-platform facility for collaborative study, multimedia computing, and making presentation materials.
  • LinkedIn Learning 
    The VCU community has free access to this online learning platform with courses and videos to help develop skills in technology, and creativity. You can go with a broad approach (Transcoding) or hone in on specific applications (Adobe Media Encoder).
  • Adobe Creative Cloud 
    All currently-enrolled VCU students have access to Adobe's Creative Cloud Suite. VCU employees may get access through their department.
  • Barnes and Noble Bookstore
    Barnes and Noble at VCU is a resource for books on transcoding media, as well as offering academic discounts on hardware and software to faculty, staff and students.

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