Excerpts from Rustom Mody's message of 2010-09-28 04:16:08 +0200: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Philipp Ãberbacher > <hollunder@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > Excerpts from Rustom Mody's message of 2010-09-27 09:08:20 +0200: > > > 2010/9/25 JÃrn Nettingsmeier <nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > by way of lennart's blog, i came across this very instructive video: > > > > > > > > http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/video.html > > > > > > > > xiph.org's head honcho monty deals with the basics of digital media. > > if > > > > all that signal theory technobabble has always freaked you out, here's > > a way > > > > to get your feet wet without too much discomfort. > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for this. > > > > > > I am not able to see this (easily) because the arrow (move > > forward/backward) > > > keys dont work in totem. So is there any tool other than totem to see > > webm > > > files and/or tools to convert webm format to something else? > > > > mplayer works fine here (but it seems webm isn't yet associated with > > video, well, tab completion doesn't work for that video file). > > > > > totem and firefox work but no seek > mplayer bails out with message: > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote > control. > Following the config file suggestion in > http://linuxindetails.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/failed-to-open-lirc-support-you-will-not-be-able-to-use-your-remote-control/ > the error message goes but not the error The lirc error is unrelated, I get that one too, always. > vlc plays sound no video > > Surely there must be ways of converting webm to something more standard like > avi? avi is just a container afaik. My guess is that since webm is rather new, your video software is simply too old. I suggest you use the ogg theora version also available on http://www.xiph.org/video/vid1.shtml. Regards, Philipp _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
