Video Editing Tool with Some Audio Tools Thrown In

ACTFL Convention 2014

Useful Video Editing Tools

                Byung-Joon-Lim – Monterrey Language Institute – open24hours@gmail.com

Freeware – go to Safe Download Sites – Download a downloader – NEVER!

www.softpedia.com – search edit video clip – sort by license type, free – sort by most popular (at the bottom)

http://www.tucows.com/downloads

VLC Media Player – looks like a yellow cone (symbol)

 http://www.gomlab.com – supports win and mac – looks like a fat foot (symbol)

Online TV http://multilingualbooks.com/online-tv - live streaming (note the time change)

Streema Foreign TV http://streema.com/tv/country  - this one is better – live streaming or downloadable in Realplayer (icon at the top of the screen)

JLC Internet TV– shopping mall is fun because the talk about products and cost. Authentic! 24 hours!

Internet Radio http://multilingualbooks.com/online-radio

Audacity – download and use it – both win and mac –

Extract Video Clips from DVD – DVD Shrink (choose Automatic Compression Setting, Backup to your computer or external storage)

+ YouTube Capture – http://en.savefrom.net or http://videodownloadx.com

                *find the video on YouTube

                * copy address and paste in the en.savefrom.net website

+ There  is a Video Downloader on Chrome – Video Downloader Professional (icon that looks like a film reel in the upper right corner) When you watch a video on YouTube that icon turns into a green arrow if the video is downloadable !

.flv extention needs RichFLV

+ Split, Cut or Merge Video Clips using Windows Movie Maker is the simplest way

+ Adding Subtitles – Windows Movie Maker (caption on edit bar) tip: if it’s a song, get the words in a document and then use cut and paste lines as you need them; Subtitle Workshop 4.0

Video Conversion Tools: Free Studio

Windows DVD Maker/DVD Flick

Free Audio Recording Site: http://www.audiopal.com/editor.html  You can give an assignment that students can record using their telephone. Students can send it using Teacher email address

Voice Recorder: http://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder

+ Text to Speech: http://www.ispeech.org/text.to.speech This is good for students who can type in the sentence, select the language and hear native speaker pronunciation. Terrific for poetry!

Blendspace: http://blendspace.com – creates lessons – collect video clips and photos using tools on the create page.