B,

If you download the trial version of PremierPro CS3 you can experiment with the various codecs used to encode video
Adobe - Downloads

You import your files onto the timeline then go to file, export, and Adobe export options....from there you encode in Flash, Quicktime, Windows Media etc...

Should you decide to purchase any encoding software Premeire, Sorenson Squueze etc.... use your TESC or EC student discount at Academic Superstore or one of the other Academic software discounters.

If you need some tutorials, the absolute best value is Learning @ Your Own Pace® - lynda.com
where you pay $25 a month and can access there entire library of relevant videos.

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Excelsior - BS Business


CLEP's: Macroeconomics 58, Microeconomics 51, Principles of Accounting 59, Intro to Marketing 71, Intro to Mgmt 70 Business Law 55, Humanities 61, Analyzing & Interpreting Literature 68, Social Sciences & History 62
DANTES: MIS 65, Intro to Business 68, Money & Banking 48 , Intro to Computing 61, Statistics 61, Ethics in America 67
ECE: Org. Behavior C, Ethics C
PENN F: Technical Math I C, Fin Mgmt. B, Info Lit A
TECEP: Ops Mgmt, Bus Policy