ID
e1000694
PBS Streaming Video Collection
This collection of streaming videos is the digital counterpart to the VHS collection of PBS shows. Complete list of titles. The collection covers a broad range of disciplines in the humanities, arts, social sciences and sciences, but is particularly strong in American history and American studies.
You can link directly to the individual videos in the collection using the URL syntax described in the examples below. The normal bitrate videos are encoded at 300 kbps and may be accessed from anywhere on the Internet. The high bitrate movies are encoded at 800 kbps and are only accessible on-ground at UVa and from on-campus locations of some other VIVA members with high speed network connections to Charlottesville via the National Lambda Rail or Internet2 (Virginia Tech's campus has access to this network).
- Standard video bitrate URL example
https://pbsvid.itc.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/secure/viva-pbs?pbs_amx025-1&N - High video bitrate URL example
https://pbsvid.itc.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/secure/viva-pbs?pbs_amx025-1&H - Standard video bitrate, start 5 minutes into the movie URL example
https://pbsvid.itc.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/secure/viva-pbs?pbs_amx025-1&N&00:05:00:00 - High video bitrate, start 5 minutes into the movie, end at 6 minutes URL example
https://pbsvid.itc.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/secure/viva-pbs?pbs_amx025-1&H&00:05:00:00&00:06:00:00
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Date
September 13, 2010
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