Our digital video collections
Our digital video collections
The Panmultimedia digital video library currently includes content taken between 1994 to the present from a range of countries around the world with the main theme being “Planet Earth”. The Planet Earth collection is organised into sub-categoies that make it possible to search using both general and specific criteria. As you type a word into the Panmultimedia web-app database, the online search app will automatically provide a list of all relevant media associated with that word. You can then choose from the category that best fits your query. The Planet Earth video collection can be used for a variety of creative purposes. For example, as shown in the feature video for this page, most of our videos are ideal for use in educational contexts.
Video file format (1994-2010)
Digital video content from 1994-2010 was originally captured on film and has been digitised so as to make it available online. Digitised video files have been compressed and saved in standard 4:3 aspect ratio using the Quicktime .mov codec. In this file format the video footage is suitable for use in video editing and desktop publishing applications. For those using Windows-based web-browsers, depending on which Windows operating system you are using, you may need to install Quicktime onto your computer in order to view video content available on the Panmultimedia web-app.
Video file format (2010-present)
Digital video content from 2010 onwards has been captured using digital video camera equipment and has been encoded with metadata.These video files have been compressed and saved in standard 16:9 aspect ratio using Quicktime .mp4 codecs. In this file format the video footage is suitable for use in video editing and desktop publishing/web-development applications. Once again, for those using Windows-based web-browsers, depending on which Windows operating system you are using, you may need to install Quicktime onto your computer in order to view video content available on the Panmultimedia web-app.
Licensing
Digital video is freely available at the search.Panmultimedia website in a compressed format under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand license. This video content is ideal for desktop publishing purposes, webpages, Powerpoint presentations, video editing and audio-visual applications.