X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=JanuaryBlog;h=ec7eea97f47e9643bc6335a3414e9c52b68f87a5;hp=54b251f3791f597ac16dcc3486c676f2e5e2a2f4;hb=0f72cc05bb7bf8e98ee7059e08b19050559bdfa0;hpb=c9e7441b3acf59659ccaf820c40706e022714dd8 diff --git a/JanuaryBlog b/JanuaryBlog index 54b251f..ec7eea9 100644 --- a/JanuaryBlog +++ b/JanuaryBlog @@ -1,6 +1,52 @@ == Bernie's brain backup for January 2008 == -=== Fri 11th === +=== Sun, 13th === + +=== Bernie the rockstar ==== + +If you were considering hiring me, or entrusting me to do anything serious, you'd better see this first: + + * [[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 + +==== 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 + +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 + +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. + +In producing these movies, I found out that: + + * mencoder has bad support for ogg-theora + * transcode kinda sucks + * ffmpeg seems the best command-line encoder of the three I tried + * The easiest solution if all you need is encoding anything to Theora is ffmpeg2theora. + All you have to do is: + {{{ + ffmpeg2theora FoodAndPower.avi + }}} + + +=== Sat, 12th === + +==== Cow power! ==== + +My good friend ArjunSarwal recently made the [[http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/26/0541205 | Slashdot front page]] +with his story about [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cow_Power| Cow Power]]! + +=== Fri, 11th === ==== Crank, Crank! ====