Problems with video files on wiki

Carlos Camargo cicamargoba at gmail.com
Sat Apr 10 09:57:23 EDT 2010


With Chrome I just see 12 s  :(



Carlos


On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 4:33 AM, marc zonzon <marc.zonzon at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Wolfgang Spraul <wolfgang at sharism.cc>
> wrote:
> > Carlos,
> > first - great new video! (he uploaded a new version of the scope demo)
> >
> >> I can't see this [1] video on chrome, on Firefox I can see just 12s
> >> Is a local problem?, I mean my compute settings?
> >
> > You can try to press PLAY, then when it starts buffering you press PAUSE
> > until it's fully buffered. Then PLAY again. Maybe that will make it
> > work?
> >
> > The videos you uploaded have quite a high bitrate - the new SAKC video
> > for example 2.4Mbps. That's good in the long run because we have good
> > quality videos on the server, but right now AFAIK MediaWiki on the server
> > cannot create lower-bitrate thumbnail videos (it can create thumbnail
> > still images from the video).
> > So one option might be to reduce the bitrate when you create the Ogg
> > Theora file, maybe to 1 MBit?
> >
> > You say on Chrome it doesn't work at all?
> > I will try later, let me know if you see new/more problems on your end,
> > Wolfgang
> >
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> I gave it a try, I don't have the true chrome on my computer, but the
> patent free version chromium-browser -): Nevertheless when I try to
> open the video it first pause during some long time when buffering,
> then the cursor move but the screen stay black.
>
> But under the image I have a "more" link and when I press it I have
> the choice of the browser, I learn then that it was trying to use the
> integrated java viewer. I can try Totem, I do.
>
> It play the first half Ok, but not so fluid, when we come to the waves
> on the screen of the SAKC, it stops on a static image.
>
> Chromium also propose VLC but it then refuse to open the video
> pretending a plugin is missing.
>
> There is a last option in chromium "download the file", and the file
> downloads quickly. Then on my desktop I can play it without any
> problem either with mplayer, totem (the same that did'nt work well as
> plugin!) or vlc. The video is the very good, very fluid. It is a lot
> simpler and better than inside the browser.
>
> Now I have looked at this video twenty times, it's no longer very
> entertaining! I will not try firefox but on any browser even elinks
> you can download, then play.
>
> Marc
>
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Carlos Iván Camargo Bareño
Profesor Asistente
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
cicamargoba at unal.edu.co
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