[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAC 2005 streaming: please test!

[Christoph Eckert]

> > I have watched the aKademy videos last year using VLC, so
> > I surely know that VLC is able to play theora encoded
> > video.
>
> was that a live stream or downloaded files?

I watched them offline. Does this matter?

AFAIK the videos have been streamed during the conference, but 
I do not remember exactly.

> > BTW: Cool you use theora; I really hope it gets more
> > known and used soon.
>
> yeah, i hope it will become as popular as ogg vorbis.

One of the most advantages would be that it's not a format for 
a particular platform like mov or avi. As I created the linux 
audio tutorial videos, one of the most difficult (and 
impossible BTW) things to do was to find a format which was 
well supported on all platforms (except MPEG2 which creates 
huge filesizes and which is a very static format).

> can you add a note to the wiki that says how exactly it
> doesn't work and which vlc ebuild you are using?

VLC media player 0.8.0 Janus

> in case you haven't done so yet, start vlc from an xterm
> and watch out for console messages.

Well, I asked http://packages.gentoo.org and there's a newer 
version available (0.8.1). If I have some time I'll compile 
it and try out again.


 Best regards


    ce