Comments on: Video Streaming from Linux.conf.au http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/18/video-streaming-from-linux-conf-au/ Silvia's blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: linux.conf.au 2010 - Rusty Russell's Coding Blog http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/18/video-streaming-from-linux-conf-au/comment-page-1/#comment-3984 linux.conf.au 2010 - Rusty Russell's Coding Blog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:29:24 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=861#comment-3984 [...] there were no organisational disappointments for me the entire week. I was particularly happy to see people digging in and fixing things when they were wrong instead of simply [...] [...] there were no organisational disappointments for me the entire week. I was particularly happy to see people digging in and fixing things when they were wrong instead of simply [...]

]]> By: Sam Watkins http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/18/video-streaming-from-linux-conf-au/comment-page-1/#comment-3894 Sam Watkins Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:57:52 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=861#comment-3894 by the way, the xvid codecs are free software, but they are subject to some patents, so I guess it's dangerous to use them for non-pirate publication purposes without a patent license. by the way, the xvid codecs are free software, but they are subject to some patents, so I guess it’s dangerous to use them for non-pirate publication purposes without a patent license.

]]> By: Sam Watkins http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/18/video-streaming-from-linux-conf-au/comment-page-1/#comment-3893 Sam Watkins Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:55:40 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=861#comment-3893 Thanks silvia, yes it seems that Theora is now a lot better than flv (h263), maybe it is not quite as good as h264 but I bet it encodes a lot faster. I can't use h264 for my work anyway because it takes too long to encode it. I'm impressed, and I'll try using theora for my own video projects. :) Thanks silvia, yes it seems that Theora is now a lot better than flv (h263), maybe it is not quite as good as h264 but I bet it encodes a lot faster. I can’t use h264 for my work anyway because it takes too long to encode it. I’m impressed, and I’ll try using theora for my own video projects. :)

]]> By: silvia http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/18/video-streaming-from-linux-conf-au/comment-page-1/#comment-3887 silvia Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:27:36 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=861#comment-3887 @Sam - have you looked at recent comparisons of codec quality? See for example http://people.xiph.org/~greg/video/ytcompare/comparison.html . Theora has improved in quality hugely since last year, so you may want to give it another go. xvid codecs are non-free, too, and we would need to pay a license fee for those, too, so, no: we really want to continue supporting only open and free codecs. @Sam – have you looked at recent comparisons of codec quality? See for example http://people.xiph.org/~greg/video/ytcompare/comparison.html . Theora has improved in quality hugely since last year, so you may want to give it another go.

xvid codecs are non-free, too, and we would need to pay a license fee for those, too, so, no: we really want to continue supporting only open and free codecs.

]]> By: Sam Watkins http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/18/video-streaming-from-linux-conf-au/comment-page-1/#comment-3886 Sam Watkins Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:38:16 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=861#comment-3886 Unfortunately ogg/theora does not have a reputation as a very high quality codec, although maybe this has improved recently. Can video from xvid be streamed? but xvid encoding is stuffed over by patents I suppose. It's good that the ogg/theora patent-free algorithms exist anyway. Unfortunately ogg/theora does not have a reputation as a very high quality codec, although maybe this has improved recently. Can video from xvid be streamed? but xvid encoding is stuffed over by patents I suppose. It’s good that the ogg/theora patent-free algorithms exist anyway.

]]> By: Chris Smart http://blog.gingertech.net/2010/01/18/video-streaming-from-linux-conf-au/comment-page-1/#comment-3859 Chris Smart Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:25:21 +0000 http://blog.gingertech.net/?p=861#comment-3859 Thanks Silvia. I complained about this in my <a href="http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/01/18/linux-conference-australia-2010-streamed-live-from-nz/" rel="nofollow">blog post yesterday</a>. "Just get Windows users to use VLC and stream like normal people (it is even mentioned in the Windows section). Silverlight is heavily patented, smothered in Novell-Microsoft deals and a blight on free software. It only advances Microsoft’s attempt to poison a free web and Linux Conf should not be supporting such a beast. Imagine the headlines: "Premier Linux Conference streams live video with Microsoft’s Silverlight technology." Awesome.." Unbelievable. -c Thanks Silvia. I complained about this in my blog post yesterday.

“Just get Windows users to use VLC and stream like normal people (it is even mentioned in the Windows section). Silverlight is heavily patented, smothered in Novell-Microsoft deals and a blight on free software. It only advances Microsoft’s attempt to poison a free web and Linux Conf should not be supporting such a beast.

Imagine the headlines:

“Premier Linux Conference streams live video with Microsoft’s Silverlight technology.”

Awesome..”

Unbelievable.

-c

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