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It wasn't that long ago that it was impossible to find good, free open source tools for working with and viewing video. Now that video runs rampant on the web, though, there are a whole lot of applications worth getting, even if you're currently happy with your video and encoding tools. Here are eight good applications to try.

Web Worker Daily has a hands-on look at this week's new version 1.1 of the open source Flock browser, based on Mozilla's architecture.οΎ 

Wikia, parent of Wikipedia, has partnered with open source collaborative web media provider Kaltura to offer collaborative video for WikiaοΎ’s communities. You can check out sample videos.

ITWire has an interesting multi-part prescription for how to launch and drive a successful open source project.οΎ—ITWire

Whether you do some blogging, operate an e-commerce site, or simply have moving pictures in the back of your mind to start working with, web-based video and animation should probably be on your radar. Many marketing departments are setting up their own video and animation studios for everything from product demonstrations to webinars, and an increasing number of companies such as Brightcove are helping to deliver and syndicate video on the web.

Under a new partnership unveiled today, Kaltura, maker of embeddable collaborative video webware, will bring video to the Wikimedia family of sites. The beta program, which is being dubbed an open, collaborative video experiment, will allow users to add and remix rich media via an embeddable player on wiki pages.

Whether you do some blogging, operate an e-commerce site, or simply have moving pictures in the back of your mind to work with, web-based video and animation should probably be on your radar.

Miro, nee Democracy Player, released its version 1.0 Tuesday, officially leaving beta behind. The open source video subscription, download and viewing client from the Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) hopes to be not just more open, but more popular than other online video services.

P2P is where it's at for online video these days. Not a week goes by without an announcement of a new P2P platform or distribution deal. It's easy to see why folks are excited about this: distributed data delivery can save you a lot of money, plus it's technology that millions of people already use to get their Harry Potter.