Category: News
Magic Lantern os firmware
(Probably old) News for owners of a Canon Eos 5d Mark II camera who want to use their still image camera as a videocamera, there is the open source firmware upgrade MagicLantern. Installing ML gives the choice to boot the camera into either the Canon factory software or the firmware.
Films and Projects, Hardware, NewsApertus O.S. camera project
“The goal of the Apertus: Open Source Cinema Project is to create a powerful free and open cinema camera that we as filmmakers love to use. The idea of using an Elphel camera for this particular purpose was born in 2006, found many followers over the years and ultimately resulted in this community driven project […]
Copyrights and licenses, Hardware, NewsElphel OS network camera
NC353L-369-HDD Elphel, Inc. provides high performance cameras based on free software and open hardware designs. “Freedom of the users of Elphel products is our top priority – we value and protect it with the GNU General Public License that covers all the Elphel software and hardware designs. This freedom extends from the convenience of the […]
Copyrights and licenses, Hardware, NewsFrankencam Open Source SLR
Stanford photo scientists are out to reinvent digital photography with the introduction of an open-source digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks. Read article for Stanford University news by David Orenstein.
Copyrights and licenses, Hardware, NewsOpen Images
Open Images is an open media platform that offers online access to a selection of audiovisual archive material to stimulate creative reuse.
Media archives, NewsTheoraCookbook
FLOSS Manuals is a collection of manuals that explain how to install and use a range of free and open source software. The manuals are friendly and simple, and they are intended to encourage people to explore the wide range of free, open source alternatives to expensive and restrictively licensed software. FlossManuals.net now hosts great […]
Manuals, NewsZittrain: Here Comes Everybody
http://osvideo.constantvzw.org/wp-content/uploads/jonathan_zittrain.ogg An ogg/vorbis bootleg recording of Jonathan Zittrain’s talk Here Comes Everybody. In this entertaining yet serious speech Zittrain addresses social political aspects of video on the web, the need to consider local mesh network strategies, the power of ISP’s. Where is ‘here’ in the cloud of the web? What is the positive and negative […]
Copyrights and licenses, Further reading, News, PatentsPirate Bay interview
http://osvideo.constantvzw.org/wp-content/uploads/peter_sunde.ogg This is an audio recording of the long distance interview with Peter Sunde of the Pirate Bay by Xeni Jardin that concluded the Open Video Conference. Introduction by Alan Toner.
NewsCopy Remix Steal
http://osvideo.constantvzw.org/wp-content/uploads/moltke_gaylor_king.ogg Here’s an audio recording of the discussion by the (co)directors of three of the best known documentaries about filesharing: Henrik Moltke (Good Copy Bad Copy), Bratt Gaylor (RIP A Remix manifesto) and Jamie King (Steal this film) that took place during the Open Video Conference Does making a film about sharing mean you should […]
Copyrights and licenses, Further reading, NewsMatt Mason: cash + piracy
Attended this nice talk by Matt Mason at the Open Video Conference. Listen or download this recording in ogg/vorbis Mason wrote the Pirate’s Dillema and his talk was basically an outline of that book. He speaks about the remix as marketing tool, an wonders how business models can be developed after the model of piracy. […]
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