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By: bignose

bignose — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:23:35 +0000

To close the loop on this:

I’m now able to view the Quicktime version (downloaded again today 2006-12-22) with totem 2.16.4, gstreamer 0.10.10, libquicktime0 2.0.9.7 — all free software in Debian ‘etch’.

Thanks!

By: tazzzzz

tazzzzz — Fri, 19 May 2006 18:12:42 +0000

Cool. Then maybe I’ll skip the Theora thing and just add Totem to my video help page

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2006 17:57:39 +0000

I run Debian, and the packaged version of Totem handles H.264 just fine.

By: tazzzzz

tazzzzz — Fri, 19 May 2006 10:35:55 +0000

Glad to hear that you liked the video and had no trouble playing it!

The issue that bignose raises is that the H.264 codec is covered by patents. There is indeed a free and open source version of H.264 available, but it’s technically illegal in most countries. Because of that, the software probably doesn’t appear in every distro. Debian is particularly fussy about not including software that has licensing issues.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2006 07:28:00 +0000

I run GNU/Linux, and I can play H.264 video just fine, without any proprietary software installed. MPlayer and Totem both play the video using ffmpeg’s Free Software implementation of H.264.

Thanks for the updated screencast, it looks great, and highly professional.

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By: tazzzzz

tazzzzz — Thu, 18 May 2006 20:13:48 +0000

The reason that I’ll at least try an Ogg Theora version of the video is that I’d prefer for people not to have to jump through any dramatic hoops to play my videos. Some distros (notably Debian and derivatives) don’t ship with tools that have licensing issues. H.264 produces great files that are easily played with a free and legal player on Windows and Mac. If Ogg Theora produces a reasonably close approximation, it’s not a big deal for me to offer that one additional format that can be played on Linux systems that cannot legally play H.264.

If the file size is huge or unreadable, then I’ve got no choice but to stick with H.264 alone. At least I know that it’s technically possible to play the file on Linux.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 18 May 2006 18:44:45 +0000

“there’s no legal option to view videos using the H.264 codec.”

Then don’t view them? Please, I get tired of this everything must be “free” drivel. Use the right tool for the job. Kevin chose to use H.264 because he believe that is the right tool for the job.