[LAU] cool video tutorial by the xiph guys

[Philipp Überbacher]

Excerpts from Rustom Mody's message of 2010-09-28 04:16:08 +0200:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Philipp Überbacher
> <hollunder at lavabit.com>wrote:
> 
> > Excerpts from Rustom Mody's message of 2010-09-27 09:08:20 +0200:
> > > 2010/9/25 Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de>
> > >
> > > > 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