On 13 Apr 2009, at 10:46, Philip Wyett <philwy...@gmx.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 10:21 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 10:00 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: >>> >>> On 13 Apr 2009, at 09:30, Philip Wyett <philwy...@gmx.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 08:54 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: >>>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Ben Crisford <bencrisf...@yahoo.co.uk >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> I heard this yeah. I thought that the origin one made linux >>>>>> sound >>>>>> like some >>>>>> disease. I didn't like it. >>>>> >>>>> Like you, I enjoyed the winning one but wasn't too keen on the >>>>> Origin >>>>> one. Too dark and gloomy, whereas the winner was light and airy >>>>> and >>>>> "fresh". >>>>> >>>>> Sean >>>>> >>>> >>>> <Rant coming> :-D >>>> >>>> I would like to offer opinion on these videos, but as a user who >>>> doesn't >>>> use proprietary formats - I'm screwed! >>>> >>>> - All videos viewable online using flash. >>>> - The winning entry is available for download as a Windows Media >>>> Video. >>>> Oh and an ogg but the file is a dud at 0x0 resolution - Have fun >>>> getting totem (or your player of choice) to play that one. ;-) >>>> - Runner up has no download version. >>>> - The third place video is available as a MOV. >>>> >>>> Well done to the Linux Foundation - We're Linux ay? :-( >>>> >>>> <Rant over> >>>> >>>> Happy Easter holidays to all. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> >>> >>> The ogg file for the first option plays fine in VLC for me; I don't >>> know whether it's been updated. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Harry >>> >> >> Hi Harry, >> >> The file is still the same. >> >> The file looks a bit iffy looking at the ogginfo output below. This >> video certainly will not play for me with totem on Ubuntu 8.04. I >> will >> try another machine later. >> >> Regards >> >> Phil >> >> Note: Stream 1 has serial number 0, which is legal but may cause >> problems with some tools. >> New logical stream (#1, serial: 00000000): type theora >> New logical stream (#2, serial: 00000001): type vorbis >> Warning: Theora stream 1 does not have headers correctly framed. >> Terminal header page contains additional packets or has non-zero >> granulepos >> Theora headers parsed for stream 1, information follows... >> Version: 3.2.0 >> Vendor: Xiph.Org libTheora I 20060526 3 2 0 >> Width: 720 >> Height: 576 >> Total image: 720 by 576, crop offset (0, 0) >> Framerate 23976/1000 (23.98 fps) >> Pixel aspect ratio 1:1 (1:1.000000) >> Frame aspect 4:3 >> Colourspace unspecified >> Pixel format 4:2:0 >> Target bitrate: 0 kbps >> Nominal quality setting (0-63): 44 >> Vorbis headers parsed for stream 2, information follows... >> Version: 0 >> Vendor: Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20050304 >> Channels: 2 >> Rate: 48000 >> >> Nominal bitrate: 95.200000 kb/s >> Upper bitrate: 95.200000 kb/s >> Lower bitrate: 95.200000 kb/s >> User comments section follows... >> DIRECTX_DURATION=0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF >> Theora stream 1: >> Total data length: 1006738 bytes >> Playback length: 0m:50.008s >> Average bitrate: 161.051211 kb/s >> Logical stream 1 ended >> Vorbis stream 2: >> Total data length: 603591 bytes >> Playback length: 0m:50.025s >> Average bitrate: 96.525654 kb/s >> Logical stream 2 ended > > Indeed the file does play under VLC. > > http://twitpic.com/399a3/full > > I suspect some bastardisation along the way here with the format. The > "DIRECTX_DURATION=0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" element would point towards this > coming from a Windows tool that isn't keeping to the file format(s) > correctly. > > This so called ogg really needs pulling and fixing. > > Regards > > Phil > Try the ogg at http://fwot.info/free.ogv Thanks Harry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
