[ubuntu-uk] [OT] We're Linux video - winner announced

[Harry Rickards]

On 13 Apr 2009, at 10:46, Philip Wyett <philwyett at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 10:21 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 10:00 +0100, Harry Rickards wrote:
>>>
>>> On 13 Apr 2009, at 09:30, Philip Wyett <philwyett at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 08:54 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Ben Crisford <bencrisford at yahoo.co.uk
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I heard this yeah.  I thought that the origin one made linux  
>>>>>> sound
>>>>>> like some
>>>>>> disease.  I didn't like it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like you, I enjoyed the winning one but wasn't too keen on the  
>>>>> Origin
>>>>> one.  Too dark and gloomy, whereas the winner was light and airy  
>>>>> and
>>>>> "fresh".
>>>>>
>>>>> Sean
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <Rant coming> :-D
>>>>
>>>> I would like to offer opinion on these videos, but as a user who
>>>> doesn't
>>>> use proprietary formats - I'm screwed!
>>>>
>>>> - All videos viewable online using flash.
>>>> - The winning entry is available for download as a Windows Media
>>>> Video.
>>>> Oh and an ogg but the file is a dud at 0x0 resolution - Have fun
>>>> getting totem (or your player of choice) to play that one. ;-)
>>>> - Runner up has no download version.
>>>> - The third place video is available as a MOV.
>>>>
>>>> Well done to the Linux Foundation - We're Linux ay? :-(
>>>>
>>>> <Rant over>
>>>>
>>>> Happy Easter holidays to all.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>
>>> The ogg file for the first option plays fine in VLC for me; I don't
>>> know whether it's been updated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Harry
>>>
>>
>> Hi Harry,
>>
>> The file is still the same.
>>
>> The file looks a bit iffy looking at the ogginfo output below. This
>> video certainly will not play for me with totem on Ubuntu 8.04. I  
>> will
>> try another machine later.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> Note: Stream 1 has serial number 0, which is legal but may cause
>> problems with some tools.
>> New logical stream (#1, serial: 00000000): type theora
>> New logical stream (#2, serial: 00000001): type vorbis
>> Warning: Theora stream 1 does not have headers correctly framed.
>> Terminal header page contains additional packets or has non-zero
>> granulepos
>> Theora headers parsed for stream 1, information follows...
>> Version: 3.2.0
>> Vendor: Xiph.Org libTheora I 20060526 3 2 0
>> Width: 720
>> Height: 576
>> Total image: 720 by 576, crop offset (0, 0)
>> Framerate 23976/1000 (23.98 fps)
>> Pixel aspect ratio 1:1 (1:1.000000)
>> Frame aspect 4:3
>> Colourspace unspecified
>> Pixel format 4:2:0
>> Target bitrate: 0 kbps
>> Nominal quality setting (0-63): 44
>> Vorbis headers parsed for stream 2, information follows...
>> Version: 0
>> Vendor: Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20050304
>> Channels: 2
>> Rate: 48000
>>
>> Nominal bitrate: 95.200000 kb/s
>> Upper bitrate: 95.200000 kb/s
>> Lower bitrate: 95.200000 kb/s
>> User comments section follows...
>>    DIRECTX_DURATION=0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>> Theora stream 1:
>>    Total data length: 1006738 bytes
>>    Playback length: 0m:50.008s
>>    Average bitrate: 161.051211 kb/s
>> Logical stream 1 ended
>> Vorbis stream 2:
>>    Total data length: 603591 bytes
>>    Playback length: 0m:50.025s
>>    Average bitrate: 96.525654 kb/s
>> Logical stream 2 ended
>
> Indeed the file does play under VLC.
>
> http://twitpic.com/399a3/full
>
> I suspect some bastardisation along the way here with the format. The
> "DIRECTX_DURATION=0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" element would point towards this
> coming from a Windows tool that isn't keeping to the file format(s)
> correctly.
>
> This so called ogg really needs pulling and fixing.
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>

Try the ogg at http://fwot.info/free.ogv

Thanks
Harry