Hi, 2010/9/28 Philipp Ãberbacher <hollunder@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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. On Ubuntu 10.04 Firefox 3.6.10 plays and seeks out of the box. Antanas _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
