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

[Joern Nettingsmeier]

Christoph Eckert wrote:
>>>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?

yes. the problem you described is specific to streaming.

>>>BTW: Cool you use theora; I really hope it gets more
>>>known and used soon.
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>>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).

try reencoding them with ffmpeg2theora.

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

let me know.