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Video Format Comparison - Flash Video Format - WMV Format - Quicktime - Real

Tony Karrer

I was recently asked what video format to use and particularly about the differences between the Flash Video Format (FLV) and Windows Media - WMV Format. In The Rise of Flash Video - Tom Green tells us: This is not to say QuickTime and Windows Media are dead technologies.

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

You may have heard the phrase video codec when referring to video files. A codec is simply the software that compresses your video so it can be stored and played back. It can digitize and compress an audio or video signal for transmission and convert an incoming signal to audio or video for reception.

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How To Edit Video: Reducing File Size

TechSmith Camtasia

Video Format and File Type. **If There are many different video formats you could export your finished video into. To help you not worry too much about file size, we’ve created Camtasia and Snagit video outputs to default to the MP4 file type, and will recommend MP4 in the majority of cases for online sharing.

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Reformat your training sessions to increase their impact

LearnUpon

GoToTraining, WebEx, and Adobe Connect all record live sessions to video formats, such as mp4. You can do this by using tools like Camtasia or QuickTime (you may need to download a plugin to record both audio and video). To trim the video you can use the editing functionality in screen capture tools like Camtasia.

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5 Free Software to Edit Your Learning Videos

CommLab India

A very useful feature of this free software is that it doesn’t re-encode the video file, when it is edited. This results in the quality of the video remaining intact. You can also add or replace the audio of your video lessons. On the flip side, the Machete Video Editor Lite can be used to slice only AVI and WMV files.

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Solving the 'iPad Problem'

OpenSesame

Audio and Video. Gone are the days of proprietary audio and video formats. With HTML5 audio and video plays in the browser window itself– without the necessity of a plug-in like Flash or Quicktime.

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eLearning 101: How to Make an eLearning Course

OpenSesame

If you’re starting from scratch, you can start with PowerPoint presentations and use these tools to create interactive objects, add audio and export to the SCORM standard. There are lots of low-cost and free tools for screen capture and audio, including Camtasia , Quicktime and Screen Video Recorder. Need to edit?