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User talk:Xiando

2007-11-02T01:42:27Z

Xiando:

== Theora Encoders ==

Mate, I do not know what player you are using, but I've never seen those problems you mentioned. I have thus reverted your edits. Yes, including the GNU one, although for a different reason.

If you believe it only happens with specific files, you may wish to post some example files in the Theora mailing list. I think however that you are using a bad player.

I would like to compliment you, however, on your decision to allow only Theora files in the torrents site linked in your user page.--[[User:Saoshyant|Ivo]] 18:30, 30 October 2007 (PDT)

: The player is not relevant. Broken a/v sync [[ffmpeg2theora]]-produced [[Theora]] files are equally broken in MPlayer, Xine and VLC. And working [[ffmpeg2theora]]-produced files work equally well in all these players. My [http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=ffmpeg2theora+sound+out+of+sync search for information] indicates that experiences described as ''"There is a command line tool called ffmpeg2theora, that does a pretty nice job, if it weren't for the fact that the audio and video don't sync."'' ([http://www.parrishtech.com/content/view/16/1/ HOWTO: Rip DVDs to Theora on Linux]) are more common than not. This does not mean that the page I edited should mention this, only that ''there really are a/v sync problems'' and that this issue must be fixed for [[Theora]] to gain any usage-share ("I tried this Theora thing, didn't work, screw you, back to format X which worksforme" is a more likely reaction than "There seems to be a problem with a/v sync, what is the cause of this problem and how do we fix it?").

: I will now upgrade from libtheora 1.0_alpha6 to 1.0_alpha7, update ffmpeg and recompile ffmpeg2theora 0.19 just in case and encode various files who turned out broken again just to narrow down if this is a already-fixed-issue (and broken combinations / versions can be listed for reference if this is the case) and make source / result files available and post them to the mailing list for reference if latest ("masked") versions of these packages also fail to produce usable files.

: I also have a hope that perhaps files who end up broken could turn out alright if I encode them to another format mencoder and then re-encode them to Theora (which isn't a solution to anything, but atleast it will get Theora files out there and help those poor people in countries with software patentability).

: It's alright with me that you prefer to call Linux-kernel based variant of the GNU Operating System as "Linux" (or "table" for that matter). I just assumed you/this wiki/xiph preferred showing support for the GNU project and the FSF over Linus's "open source movement" being that RMS and FSF's support for [[Theora]] is basically (as far as what I've seen) the only positive PR it's got. --[[User:Xiando|Xiando]] 18:42, 1 November 2007 (PDT)

User:Xiando

2007-10-31T01:02:42Z

Xiando:

I'm Xiando and I'd like to make [http://torrentchannel.com/ The Torrent Channel] only carry [[Theora]] video files (for quick download) in addition to DVD images.

== Total outrage ==

However, NONE of the software listed on [[TheoraSoftwareEncoders]] is even close to acceptable, I'm having a hard time making decient Vorbis files (serious audio sync problems, no way to specify that the output file should be half a CD or a CD (700 MB) in size, etc.).

I'm in no way important and above sums up my interest in [[Theora]].

TheoraSoftwareEncoders

2007-10-31T00:58:49Z

Xiando: Not sure if it's appropriate to point out total outrage flaws in theora encoders, but people might as well see the truth when they consider what tools to (ab)use.

== Multi-platform ==
*[http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/ ffmpeg2theora] a commandline encoder from any format read by ffmpeg to Ogg Theora/Vorbis: [http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/ffmpeg2theora/ svn], [http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/download.html latest releases].
** WARNING: Has serious audio sync problems on many files.
*[http://www.videolan.org/ VLC Media Player] Can transcode from any source it supports into Ogg/Theora.
** WARNING: Apparently creates broken Ogg streams.
*[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ GStreamer] GStreamer is a library that allows the construction of graphs of media-handling components, ranging from simple Ogg/Vorbis playback to complex audio (mixing) and video (non-linear editing) processing.

== Windows ==
*[http://dir.visonair.tv/streamer.php Visonair.tv Ogg Streamer] A windows application to stream directly from a webcam to an Icecast server.
*[http://www.visonair.tv/ Visonair.tv Virtual Stage] Includes an application to encode to Ogg Theora, forces fixed size and encoding parameters though. Registration required.
*[http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_227_33306.html GFrontend ffmpeg2theora] GUI Frontend for ffmpeg2theora
*[http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ MediaCoder] Application to encode media files into many target formats, including Ogg Theora.
*[http://www.erightsoft.com/ SUPER] General purpose converter application, also serves as a frontend to ffmpeg2theora.

== GNU/Linux / BSD ==
*[http://thoggen.net/ Thoggen] is a DVD backup utility ('DVD ripper') for Linux, based on GStreamer and Gtk+.
*[http://freej.org/ Freej] Freej is a realtime video mixer. It can stream ogg theora vorbis live to [http://icecast.org icecast]. Check [http://lab.dyne.org/FreejStreaming here] for more info.
* [http://oggconvert.tristanb.net/ OggConvert] is a small Gnome utility which uses GStreamer to convert (almost) any media file to Ogg Vorbis, Theora and Dirac.

== Mac OS X ==
*[http://xiph.org/quicktime XiphQT] allows you to export from Quicktime, or any application supporting Quicktime (i.e. Final Cut Pro), to Ogg Theora/Vorbis.
*[http://v2v.cc/~j/SimpleTheoraEncoder/ Simple Theora Encoder] an ffmpeg2theora frontend

== See also==
{{Template:Theora}}

TheoraSoftwareEncoders

2007-10-31T00:54:52Z

Xiando: Linux/BSD -> GNU/Linux / BSD (rms ftw!!)

== Multi-platform ==
*[http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/ ffmpeg2theora] a commandline encoder from any format read by ffmpeg to Ogg Theora/Vorbis: [http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/ffmpeg2theora/ svn], [http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/download.html latest releases].
*[http://www.videolan.org/ VLC Media Player] Can transcode from any source it supports into Ogg/Theora. WARNING: Apparently creates broken Ogg streams.
*[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ GStreamer] GStreamer is a library that allows the construction of graphs of media-handling components, ranging from simple Ogg/Vorbis playback to complex audio (mixing) and video (non-linear editing) processing.

== Windows ==
*[http://dir.visonair.tv/streamer.php Visonair.tv Ogg Streamer] A windows application to stream directly from a webcam to an Icecast server.
*[http://www.visonair.tv/ Visonair.tv Virtual Stage] Includes an application to encode to Ogg Theora, forces fixed size and encoding parameters though. Registration required.
*[http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_6_227_33306.html GFrontend ffmpeg2theora] GUI Frontend for ffmpeg2theora
*[http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/ MediaCoder] Application to encode media files into many target formats, including Ogg Theora.
*[http://www.erightsoft.com/ SUPER] General purpose converter application, also serves as a frontend to ffmpeg2theora.

== GNU/Linux / BSD ==
*[http://thoggen.net/ Thoggen] is a DVD backup utility ('DVD ripper') for Linux, based on GStreamer and Gtk+.
*[http://freej.org/ Freej] Freej is a realtime video mixer. It can stream ogg theora vorbis live to [http://icecast.org icecast]. Check [http://lab.dyne.org/FreejStreaming here] for more info.
* [http://oggconvert.tristanb.net/ OggConvert] is a small Gnome utility which uses GStreamer to convert (almost) any media file to Ogg Vorbis, Theora and Dirac.

== Mac OS X ==
*[http://xiph.org/quicktime XiphQT] allows you to export from Quicktime, or any application supporting Quicktime (i.e. Final Cut Pro), to Ogg Theora/Vorbis.
*[http://v2v.cc/~j/SimpleTheoraEncoder/ Simple Theora Encoder] an ffmpeg2theora frontend

== See also==
{{Template:Theora}}

List of Theora videos

2007-10-28T16:58:46Z

Xiando: -http://www.osvids.com/ogg-theora/ogg-theora.html, osvids.com has no A record

This is a list of sites where you can download videos encoded with [[Theora]].

;[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx AIGLX]:Demonstration videos for AIGLX, a project that aims to enable GL-accelerated effects on a standard desktop.
;[http://v2v.cc/ V2V]:Video syndication network
;[http://metavid.org Metavid]:Ogg theroa archive of U.S House and Senate Floor Footage.
;[http://post.thing.net/ post.thing.net]:Media site with video torrents.
;[http://punkcast.com/905/ PUNKCAST#905 Richard M Stallman]:Two video clips: ''What's GNU?'' + ''St. IGNUcius''
;[http://gplv3.fsf.org/av GPLv3 Conference, January 16-17 2006]:Speeches by Peter Brown, Eben Moglen and Richard Stallman.
;[http://www.polycrystal.org/lego/movies.html Lego Movies]:Two short movies: ''A New Computer'' and ''Swim''.
;[http://www.flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com/Website/films.html More Lego Movies]: Submissions from a Theora-only animation contest.
;[http://revision3.com/ Revision3]:Tech TV torrents.
;[http://share.sh.cvut.cz/Theora_demos/ CTU Prague Archive]:[http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons] adverts + feature film ''[http://fourthwall.creativecommons.org/honey/ Honey]''.
;[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/audio/audio.html Speeches about the GNU Project's philosophy]:Featuring Richard Stallman et al.
;[http://www.redhat.com/en_us/USA/rhel/informationcenter/videos/ Red Hat Videos]:Videos about the GNU/Linux vendor's customers and solutions.
;[http://free-electrons.com/community/videos/conferences/en Free Electrons Conferences]: technical talks given at conferences about free software.
;[http://ulm.ccc.de/ChaosSeminar Ulm CCC Chaosseminar]: (german)
;[http://www.visonair.tv/ Visonair.tv]: Open Access Internet TV channel streaming in ''Ogg Theora''
;[http://tvmallorca.net/pages/tv_online TV Mallorca]: TV Mallora (spanish) is providing an Ogg Theora stream.
;[http://dyne.org/~kysucix/index.html?video 11200 undo]: A short movie about computer, religion, sex, glue and so on...
;[http://commons.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia Commons]: An archive database of 644,951 media files, to which anyone can contribute
;[http://www.archive.org/details/VoyagetothePlanetofPrehistoricWomen Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women] (1967) and [http://www.archive.org/details/TheSnowCreature The Snow Creature] (1954): Full-length public domain movies from the Internet Archive's [http://www.archive.org/details/feature_films collection].
;[http://video.indypgh.org Rustbelt TV]: [http://pittsburgh.indypgh.org Pittsburgh Indymedia's] TV program based on [http://radio.indypgh.org Rustbelt Radio] (audio available as ogg vorbis).
;[http://www.internautas.tv/ INTERNAUTAS TELEVÍSION]: Spanish website with clips from Andaluzian tv station. Content licensed under CC-BY-NC. So far, it provides decent resolutions.
;[http://nihongo.damam.net/personal/frtmn/ F.R.T.M.N. (From Russia to Montenegro)]: A movie licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY 3.0] License.
;[http://theorasea.org/ Theora Sea]: Directory of online and free videos using [http://menguy.aymeric.free.fr/theora/ ITheora].

== See also==
{{Template:Theora}}