Hi, > i've seen that before, it had to do with the initial burst > settings on the server... but other people have confirmed > vlc to work, so maybe you're using a different version. I have watched the aKademy videos last year using VLC, so I surely know that VLC is able to play theora encoded video. BTW: Cool you use theora; I really hope it gets more known and used soon. > if you have curl and theora-tools, could you try > > ????????curl <url> | theora123 > > in an xterm? Interestingly, I have no theora123 installed, and there seems to be no other package containing it for portage/Gentoo, so I'm sorry. libtheora is installed for sure, but theora123 is missing. Best regards ce