[ubuntu-uk] Click downloaded Ubuntu

[Michael Douglas]

David King wrote:
> I find it only downloads in .mov format (QuickTime).
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> David King
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> Harry Rickards wrote:
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>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:35, Simos Xenitellis <simos.lists at googlemail.com>  
>> wrote:
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>>> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Harry Rickards  
>>> <hrickards at l33tmyst.com> wrote:
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>>>> On 3 May 2009, at 21:18, David King <linuxman at avoura.com> wrote:
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>>>>> I was watching the BBC News 24 TV programme "Click" broadcast this
>>>>> weekend. When they were testing a 100 Mbit/s broadband connection,
>>>>> they
>>>>> used it to download two copies of Ubuntu 9.04 simultaneously. A good
>>>>> advert for Ubuntu.
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>>>> Just out of interest, how long did it take?
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>>> It showed only a short segment of the download, demonstrating that
>>> the download speed was about 77Mbps. It appeared that the issue of  
>>> choosing
>>> the Ubuntu ISO had to do with the availability of a fast distribution
>>> server, so one can
>>> put together a simple benchmark. Still, this was good.
>>>
>>> If you get 'get_iplayer' (http://linuxcentre.net/iplayer), then you
>>> can download the episode
>>> with
>>>
>>> get_iplayer --get 128               (expires on the 10th May)
>>>
>>> Simos
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>> What format does this download in, and will ffmpeg convert it to ogg  
>> theora + vorbis okay (I assume it's some proprietary format with DRM  
>> on)? I only ask as I refuse to watch non FLOSS codec video when I'm on  
>> a device that can handle it.
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>> Many thanks
>> Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst)
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The HD format is different, IIRC. I can;t remember what format that is, 
given it takes long enough to DL the standard def.

-- Mehall