Fwd: Digital Video Information Available

[Grace Agnew]

>
> Everyone,
>
> Several months ago, I answered a post about encoding videos and said that
> ViDe--the Video Development Initiative, a SURA-funded organization to
promote
> digital video technology in academic environments--would be providing
> information documents on digital video.
>
> Two documents are available:  
>
> a video conferencing cookbook, providing information on selecting and
> installing a system as well as some system evaluation.
>
> A video on demand white paper:  Digital Video for the Next Millenium,
> providing an overview of the technology, a review of the current state of
the
> art, based on responses of 10 vendors to an RFI, suggestions for selecting a
> system, examples of digital video, and recommendations for further
> developments in digital video.  I am the author of this product, and am
happy
> to answer any questions that the white paper does not supply.
>
> Please see the press release, below, for additional information and URLs.
>
> Grace Agnew
> ______________________________________________________
> The Video Development Initiative (ViDe) was established in March 1998 to 
> promote and develop functional, standards-based and scalable video systems 
> for use in the higher education environment. ViDe is composed of 
> representatives from The Georgia Institute of Technology, The University 
> of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 
> and North Carolina State University. NYSERNet (New York State, Educational 
> and Research Network) also partnered with ViDe in Phase 1 (August 1, 1998 
> - April 1, 1999).
> Phase 1 of this multi-year initiative was funded by the Southeastern 
> Universities Research Association (SURA) to focus ViDe efforts on the 
> promotion of digital video among the 44 SURA member institutions. Two 
> deliverables were prepared in Phase I: A Video Conferencing Cookbook and a 
> White Paper on Video-on-Demand. 
> The white paper, "Digital Video for the Next Millenium," is now accessible 
> at http://sunsite.utk.edu/video (a pdf version is also available at this 
> URL), and presents an overview of current video-on-demand methodologies, 
> standards, vendor offerings, and future developments. Responses to the RFI 
> released by ViDe to the video system vendor community in September 1998 
> are included. The online edition of "Digital Video for the Next Millenium" 
> also links to examples of streaming video applications at various 
> institutions nationally. For more information, contact Grace Agnew of GIT, 
> author of the white paper and ViDe video-on-demand technical lead 
> (grace.agnew at library.gatech.edu).
> The Video Conferencing Cookbook (Version 1.0) was released to both the 
> SURA and NYSERNet memberships on February 15, and includes practical steps 
> for getting started with desktop video conferencing, a summary of current 
> vendor offerings, and more advanced functionalities and management. The 
> cookbook is accessible online at http://sunsite.utk.edu/video_cookbook/. 
> For more information, contact Mary Trauner of GIT, cookbook editor and 
> ViDe video conferencing technical lead (Mary.Trauner at oit.gatech.edu).
> The next phases of the ViDe initiative will consist of the pursuit of 
> collaborations and partnerships with vendors, the implementation, testing 
> and evaluation of systems, and the development of applications deploying 
> the selected technologies. Pursuing interoperability will continue to be a 
> central focus. In addition, ViDe is currently expanding its membership to 
> include institutions nationwide sharing our goals and technical 
> directions, and who can bring additional resources and expertise to the 
> effort.
> ViDe is a member of the I2 Digital Video effort and represented on the I2 
> Digital Video steering committee.
> More information on ViDe is available at http://vide.utk.edu 
> More information on SURA is available at http://www.sura.org 
> More information on NYSERNet is available at http://www.nysernet.org
>