On 3/16/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try VLC again. I don't have much experience with it on Linux, but > I've used it on Windows quite a bit and it handles most MOV's and > MP4's (including h264) well.
Thanks for the advice Bill. I absolutely LOVE VLC.. it is the best video player hands down on Mac, Windows, and Linux in my opinion. The problem is the VLC plugins. They're too new... not well developed. I think they only started developing 3-6 months ago. That said I AM going to check them out again, and I do expect them to make rapid advances. I believe in VLC so much so that I'm already on one mailing list and looking for more info. Hopefully I can help in the same unofficial way as the early days of fireant and blip. They could really use our support... AND most importantly this ISN'T just about linux. If the VLC plugins get really good this could mean ALL firefox browsers on all platforms one day might be able to include by default a set of video plugins that handle ALL or nearly all media. There might... might be some legal issues with some of the codecs.. but hells bells... even if you have to download the plugin seperately this could be a HUGE coup for the media world because it would create like Firefox itself a platform for the much more rapid evolving of open standards... whereas firefox helped with CSS and other web based standards... a cross platform plugin and media player system could extend standards and end-to-end interoperability for media like ogg-orvis out ward through our media world. The browser is the new platform as many have noted. Open source multimedia packages, plugins, and codecs are the key to seriously opening up this new world so one day a kid with a $10 video camera and a $100 linux computer can actually post some decent photos and videos. It's also the key to evolving beyond the current mess of video codec incompatibilities, and not just in web browsers... but it'll extend outward rapidly to affect future hardware as well. Without open source innovation would come to a stand still in this space... and we'll all be pedaling our wares on commercial enties ideas of new and innovative platforms... like the blueray and HDDVD... you know... if you can afford thousands of dollars in overhead and dealing with completely anti-DIY, anti-consumer technology to begin with. Damn, I'm rambling ferociously. Sorry, it's late. Thanks for the advice Bill. Rock over St. Louis. Rock on chicago. (a bastardized reference, but I'm sure you can tell me who it is anyway, he's right up your alley. ;) Peace, -Mike mefeedia.com mmeiser.com/blog > Bill Streeter > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > www.lofistl.com > www.billstreeter.net > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Howdy all, > > > > > > Great thread! > > > > I was happy to find it however old. > > > > Does anyone know what the best video plugins are for Firefix on > Linux? > > > > > > Some detail... > > > > I had a spare intel box sitting around and put Ubuntu on it, I'm so > > pleased that as an experiment I've decided to use it as my primary > > desk workstation for the time being. > > > > Ironicly the only problem I have is I can't find any good plugins. > > > > Currently I have the totem media player plugins installed. These > > function very poorly if at all for most video types. > > > > I tried the VLC plugins as VLC is the best media player on any > > platform and I've been using it for years. However, for some reason > > they didn't work. > > > > I'm about to go back and give VLC a second try though. > > > > I'm hoping some linux guru will pop up and say there's some package > > that everyone swears by. > > > > Until then, I'll be googling around the web desperately looking for > > some good video plugins for linux. > > > > BTW, the Flash and Real Player plugin's work great. > > > > I just can't play MOV's, MP4's and other downloadable formats. > > > > -Mike > > mmeiser.com > > mefeedia.com > > > > On 2/26/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have hope that this: http://ubuntustudio.org/ will be the great > > > opensource media creation Linux distro--but we'll see ... I need > to > > > get a PC so I can test this out when it's ready. > > > > > > Bill Streeter > > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > > www.lofistl.com > > > www.billstreeter.net > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tom Gosse <hermit@> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Saturday 24 February 2007 08:14 pm, Nox Dineen wrote: > > > > > I'm swapping back to Linux on my laptop, and although I'll > keep > > > > > Windows on my desktop (my main video editing machine), I > will be > > > using > > > > > the lappy to do some video stuff when I'm away from home. > > > > > > > > > > I'm wondering of anybody here uses Linux, and if so what > you're > > > using > > > > > to edit video. I never did find anything decent for photo or > > > video > > > > > work (GIMP just doesn't cut it for me, I'm a Photoshop girl). > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Nox > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tom Gosse > > > > hermit@ > > > > > > > > I'm using Linux as my primary operating system now. My Windoze > > > machine died, > > > > I lost a lot of video editing software and I can't afford $300 > to > > > $500 to > > > > upgrade to Vista. > > > > > > > > Here is a link to a site about movies on Linux: > > > http://linuxmovies.org > > > > > > > > From what I've read, and I haven't read everything, there are > no > > > programs for > > > > Linux that compare to Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or > > > Apple's Final Cut > > > > Pro. The really good programs used by the big studios in > > > Hollywood are all > > > > proprietary software developed especially for them. I've just > > > installed Kino > > > > but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. > > > > > > > > I don't think Linux will have any really good video editing > > > programs for the > > > > average user for quite some time. For one thing, the installed > > > base of home > > > > desktop users is too small. Because Linux is a more efficient > OS > > > it doesn't > > > > have a lot of routines that automatically install and tweak > > > programs for the > > > > user. You need to get "under the hood" and do a lot of > tweaking > > > on your own. > > > > That's more work than the average user wants to do. As one > friend > > > of mine > > > > put it: he want's to edit video, not learn how to program the > Bash > > > shell. > > > > > > > > Good luck, and keep us posted on how goes your editing on > Linux. > > > > > > > > Tom Gosse > > > > hermit@ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
