There are several mailing lists of related to digital video. Below is a description of each list, with instruction concerning how to subscribe.

• EDITDV: Send a message to Majordomo@radius.com
  In the body of the message, type: subscribe editdv
  For more information, visit the editdv listserv page.
  

  A discussion among users of Radius EditDV. Now available in a daily digest version.

• DVWIRE: Send a message to Majordomo@radius.com
  In the body of the message, type subscribe dvwire
  For more information, visit the dvwire listserv page.

  Allows you to receive notifications about the latest breakthroughs in Radius DV technology.

• DIGVID-L: Send a message to listproc@ucdavis.edu
  In the body of the message, type subscribe DIGVID-L firstname lastname

  Devoted solely to the discussion of digital video, for video production and multimedia. Lots of good info, and people; popular with amateurs.

• VIDPRO LIST: Send a message to listserv@imagin.net
  In the body of the message, type subscribe VIDPRO firstname lastname

  This list is comprised of many seasoned television and video professionals, so topics range from Digital Betacam to Betacam SP to 1" and various digital formats, along with non-linear editing, analog A/B roll editing, lighting discussions, broadcast and industrial production ranging from making TV commercials, documentaries, corporate presentations and special interest videos plus much more. The Web site, http://www.vidpro.org, is pretty elaborate and contains useful articles and other content.

• DV-L: Subscriptions at http://www.dvcentral.org/thelist.html#Subscriptions

  DV-L is an open discussion list devoted to DV (also known as DVC, DVCAM, DVCPRO etc.) and Firewire (also known as IEEE1394). Topics discussed in this list include tips, techniques, reviews, general information, announcements of events and sometimes heated debate.

• Premiere: Send a message to Majordomo@netus.com
  In the body of the message, type subscribe Premiere

  This list is dedicated to discussing Adobe Premiere. It is being co-sponsored by Michael Feerer, author of the book "Premiere with a Passion," and Ron Lindeboom of the Media 100 Worldwide Users Group (The WWUG) at http://www.wwug.com. The list is open to anyone who uses Adobe Premiere, regardless of their computer platform or their video system used.

• DIRECT-L: Send a message to listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu
  In the body of the message, type subscribe DIRECT-L firstname lastname

  This is a high-traffic list devoted to Director and its scripting language, Lingo. QuickTime et. al. are covered extensively.

• FULLMOON-L: Send a message to majordomo@teleport.com
  In the body of the message, type subscribe fullmoon-l emailaddress

  The purpose of this list is to share knowledge among members of Portland's Full Moon Society video user group, make announcements regarding upcoming events, and get questions answered on Digital Video related topics. Many experts and novices alike are subscribers.

• VIDEOTEC: Send a message to LISTSERV@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU
  with no subject. In the body of the message, type subscribe VIDEOTEC firstname lastname

  This list is devoted to the discussion of Macrosystem GmbH NLE products, including VLab Motion, MovieShop, Draco, Casablanca, etc.

• MACAV-L: Send a message to listserv@uafsysb.uark.edu
  In the body of the message, type subscribe MACAV-L firstname lastname

  This list is devoted to the discussion of the technology unique to the AV Macs. This also covers Quadra AV DSP, geoport, all kinds of stuff. There is an awesome AV Mac FAQ that will be useful to anyone with one of these macs, no matter how they use the technology.

• QUICKTIME-DEV: Send a message to listproc@abs.apple.com
  In the body of the message, type subscribe QUICKTIME-DEV firstname lastname

  This is a great list if you're a QuickTime developer (not so much a content developer as an application developer). You can really get into the guts of QuickTime and QuickTime programming. This list is monitored by folks from the QuickTime team, and moderated by a helpful developer technical support guy. If you want to see what is is to be a part of the QuickTime development community, this is the place.

• Media100-list: Send an email to listserv@netcom.com
  In the body of your letter write subscribe media100-list

  This is a Data Translations Media100 User's Group, but much of the information on it concerns techniques for editing, effects and even camera work that are applicable no matter what digital video solution is being used.

• MACMULTI: Send a message to listserv%fccj.bitnet@listserv.net
  In the body of the message, type sub MACMULTI firstname lastname

  This is a Macintosh Multimedia discussion list.

• MEDIAWEB: Send a message to listserv@vm.temple.edu
  In the body of the message, type: sub MEDIAWEB firstname lastname

  This is a discussion about Film and Video Web sites.

• AVID-L: Send a message to majordomo@calvin.edu
  In the body of the message, type subscribe avid-l emailaddress

  For completeness' sake, here is an Avid user's mailing list.

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