Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

2010-04-14 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kris Douglas wrote: > On 13 April 2010 12:34, javadayaz wrote: >> yep exactly that...lol its pretty awesome. :) >> >> On 13 April 2010 12:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: >>> And so VLC is running on a computer somewhere...so the music or video >>> comes out

[ubuntu-uk] Rumour Mill: Google to Open Source VP8 Codec

2010-04-14 Thread Bruce Beardall
For those who haven't already seen it: http://www.osnews.com/story/23151/Rumour_Google_To_Open_Source_VP8_Video_Codec Just a rumour at the moment but who knows? Cheers Bruce -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

2010-04-14 Thread Samuel Toogood
On 14 April 2010 09:10, Paul Sutton wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kris Douglas wrote: >> On 13 April 2010 12:34, javadayaz wrote: >>> yep exactly that...lol its pretty awesome. :) >>> >>> On 13 April 2010 12:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: And so VLC is running on a c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

2010-04-14 Thread Rob Beard
On 14/04/10 09:10, Paul Sutton wrote: >> Yeah, it's basically turning a computer, or MID or Phone into a remote >> control for your VLC, as you would with a TV. Saves you having a >> keyboard and mouse plugged into a media machine, for example. Pretty >> cool. >> >> > MID > > Please explain what t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

2010-04-14 Thread javadayaz
well in this instance the app shows me controls on the vlc playerso i can stop start play pause and browse my files on the computer to play through vlc! On 14 April 2010 10:03, Rob Beard wrote: > On 14/04/10 09:10, Paul Sutton wrote: > > >> Yeah, it's basically turning a computer, or MID or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox wont open up since yesterdays nightly update

2010-04-14 Thread John Matthews
On 13/04/10 11:47, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 13 April 2010 10:52, John Matthews wrote: > >> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4pre) Gecko/20100410 >> Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Namoroka/3.6.4pre GTB6 >> >> That is what I am using, and FF worked ok opened, fine. Then after that >> Fir

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox wont open up since yesterdays nightly update

2010-04-14 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 12:00 +0100, John Matthews wrote: > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4pre) Gecko/20100410 > Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Namoroka/3.6.4pre GTB6. That is what I am using, > and FF worked ok opened, fine. Then after that Firefox window will now > open, but it fails to c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox wont open up since yesterdays nightly update

2010-04-14 Thread John Matthews
On 14/04/10 12:26, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 12:00 +0100, John Matthews > wrote: > >> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4pre) Gecko/20100410 >> Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Namoroka/3.6.4pre GTB6. That is what I am using, >> and FF worked ok opened, fine. Then after t

[ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi Guys I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music stored in WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it's not possible to copy many of these huge files to a portable player, so they need to be compressed. After much experimentation I've concluded that OGG and WM

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Rob Beard
On 14/04/10 12:39, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music stored > in WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it's not possible > to copy many of these huge files to a portable player, so they need to > be compressed. After much

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox wont open up since yesterdays nightly update

2010-04-14 Thread Rob Beard
On 14/04/10 12:34, John Matthews wrote: > Hi, um not sure what flashblock is, is that an addon? I only have a few > addons, because I found too many took up to much cpu usage. I am pretty > certain its not an addon. > > John > Try starting Firefox in Safe Mode. In Ubuntu, press Alt and F2 and in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music stored in > WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it's not possible to copy > many of these huge files to a portable player, so they need to be > compres

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 14 April 2010 12:39, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music stored in > WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it's not possible to copy > many of these huge files to a portable player, so they need to be > compressed. Aft

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Tommy Pyatt
Personally, for portable players I'd recommend using MP3 at at least 192kbps, I have never been able to tell the difference between WMA and MP3 and they're both lossy formats. MP3 tends to be supported on more players than WMA does. You could always keep compressed and uncompressed copies, or you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Ciarán Mooney
Hi, Having to keep files in multiple formats for devices that didn't support free formats was a big pain for me. The only solution was to wait until the smallest excuse to get a portable audio player that supported FLAC and OGG. This has made my life much easier. I recommend an iAudio 7, not the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 12:39 +0100, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music > stored in WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it's not > possible to copy many of these huge files to a portable player, so > they need to be compre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Alan Pope
On 14 April 2010 12:39, Nigel Verity wrote: > I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music stored in > WAV format to preserve the sound quality. Clearly it's not possible to copy > many of these huge files to a portable player, so they need to be > compressed. FLAC is your fri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Tommy Pyatt
FLAC does little to resolve the OP's problem though, he already owns a player, which I assume supports only MP3 and WMA. Tommy On 14 April 2010 13:17, Alan Pope wrote: > On 14 April 2010 12:39, Nigel Verity wrote: > > I'm a bit of an audiophile, and have a large collection of music stored > in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Tommy Pyatt wrote: > FLAC does little to resolve the OP's problem though, he already owns a > player, which I assume supports only MP3 and WMA. I think you have perhaps not been paying sufficient attention. #1, please put replies /below/ the text you are quoting.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Tommy Pyatt
Apologies, just trying to help. #1, I can't choose how the googlemail interface formats my reply. Tommy On 14 April 2010 13:30, Liam Proven wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Tommy Pyatt > wrote: > > FLAC does little to resolve the OP's problem though, he already owns a > > player, whi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Tommy, On 14 April 2010 13:52, Tommy Pyatt wrote: > Apologies, just trying to help. > > #1, I can't choose how the googlemail interface formats my reply. > You can. I am using Gmail and just removed the crap and typed below your reply. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://list

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Dave Morley
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 13:30 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Tommy Pyatt > wrote: > > FLAC does little to resolve the OP's problem though, he already owns a > > player, which I assume supports only MP3 and WMA. > > I think you have perhaps not been paying sufficient a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Tommy Pyatt
> > You can. I am using Gmail and just removed the crap and typed below your > reply. > > Cheers, > Al. > > Oh, I see. Thanks Alan. Tommy -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox wont open up since yesterdays nightly update

2010-04-14 Thread Rowan Berkeley
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 13:08 +0100, John Matthews wrote: > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4pre) Gecko/20100410 > Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Namoroka/3.6.4pre GTB6. That is what I am using, > and FF worked ok opened, fine. Then after that Firefox window will now > open, but it fails to c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi Guys All the advice is very much appreciated, and the views expressed about the merits of different audio formats and players are of great interest too. Like everyone else on this forum, I'm not happy about resorting to a Microsoft audio format. However, when funds are tight, upgrading play

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 14 April 2010 15:08, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi Guys > > All the advice is very much appreciated, and the views expressed about the > merits of different audio formats and players are of great interest too. > > Like everyone else on this forum, I'm not happy about resorting to a > Microsoft aud

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Markie
Hi Nigel, I used 320K mp3s and found little difference myself to WAV quality wise. Althought I dont doubt if you feed this into a decent Amplifier setup you will hear the difference, the output can also be affected by the quality of the soundcard. I used 320k MP3 on CD players them alongside Viny

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Setting up the web interface for VLC in ubuntu/Linuxmint?

2010-04-14 Thread paul morgan-roach
> On 13 April 2010 12:26, Jon Reynolds wrote: > > > And so VLC is running on a computer somewhere...so the music or video > > comes out of that computer, not the client you are using to access the > > web interface? That sounds good! if it's of interest to anyone, XBMC does similar...it runs a we

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Dave Morley wrote: > Liam if you decide to upgrade go for a sansa fuze I can't rate it highly > enough.  Ogg support, amazing soundand pic/film quality and upgradable > memory with hdsd micro cards. Thanks for the suggestion! The thing is, I bought the Archos jus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio Conversion: WAV to WMA

2010-04-14 Thread Liam Proven
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Nigel Verity wrote: > Hi Guys > > All the advice is very much appreciated, and the views expressed about the > merits of different audio formats and players are of great interest too. > > Like everyone else on this forum, I'm not happy about resorting to a > Micros