X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=JanuaryBlog;h=d6bef8930ea3e2a6908afa6d1dffe8666b91c36e;hp=070ab5ae59b93088f4c9349d3824e4cc1b97e5a9;hb=d21dc0f8b9d6708ea22c55359b3a406093d14648;hpb=94eb1235b71f9f06d2e0a1b1cf84decd7a08e2a5 diff --git a/JanuaryBlog b/JanuaryBlog index 070ab5a..d6bef89 100644 --- a/JanuaryBlog +++ b/JanuaryBlog @@ -8,30 +8,28 @@ If you were considering hiring me, or entrusting me to do anything serious, you' * [[BernieIronMaiden.ogg]] - [1.8MB] if you have the free OggTheora codec * [[BernieIronMaiden.mov]] - [3.6MB] if you're stuck with proprietary QuickTime codecs - * nothing - [0MB] if you're stuck with the proprietary MediaPlayer or RealPlayer codecs + * //nothing// - [0MB] if you're stuck with the proprietary MediaPlayer or RealPlayer codecs - Q: why doesn't the player come up right away? +**Q:** why doesn't my browser play the link right away rather than asking me to download it? \\ +**A:** because my wiki doesn't support mime-magic yet - A: because my wiki doesn't have mime magic - - Q: why don't you just let apache serve media files? - - A: because a CGI has no way to "handoff" a file to the web server once they've been invoked +**Q:** why don't you just let apache serve media files? \\ +**A:** because a CGI has no way to "handoff" a file to the web server once they've been invoked ==== Food and Power ==== Here's a stupid movie by SamuelKlein, ArjunSarwal and myself: - * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerLow.ogg]] - [16MB] OggTheora stream, quality 5 * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerHigh.ogg]] - [26MB] OggTheora stream, quality 7 * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.ogg]] - [62MB] OggTheora stream, quality 10 + * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerLow.ogg]] - [16MB] OggTheora stream, quality 5 If your computer cannot play the above links, you should really consider installing a free media player, or just switching to Linux which comes with all the free media players and codecs out of the box. Meanwhile, here's a workaround: - * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.avi]] - [103MB] original AVI stream from our shitty camera + * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPower.avi]] - [103MB] original AVI stream from our shitty camera These also prove the quality of the OggTheora codec. After seeing this, I think I'd recommend using it for its technical advantages in addition to its legal advantages.