k'....i'll thro something to somebody....hunt down a multimedia group --cause i
have a webcam that i would also like to "some day" record video from...
....i hate booting into windows just to use it (and my games).
Thanx brain for taking time!
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> You might want to try some of the multimedia-related Linux newsgroups
> and/or try contacting the xanim author and showing them your video.
>
> Your problem, however, does not seem to be specific to Mandrake or to
> your hardware, so I think you'll need to get in touch with
> xanim/multimedia experts, and I'm afraid that's not us. (The fact that
> I've taken the lead on responding to this thread is proof enough of
> *that*.)
>
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | it's weird....allot of (sound & video) mpegs, avi's feel the same way in linux,
> | but in windows they run fine. (..& i just thought it might have been a problem
> | w/ my video card setup. bummer)
> |
> | On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | > Well, I've tried the compressed images, and the latest xanim codec
> | > dll's don't fix them, so I'm afraid I'm out of ideas.
> | >
> | > It's not that it's an unsupported codec, either; as far as xanim is
> | > concerned it's just corrupt.
> | >
> | > However, Windows likes it just fine . . . sorry I can't offer any
> | > further help.
> | >
> | >
> | > On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | > | wouldn've sent an email but got email returned from you as incorrect address or
> | > | something.
> | > |
> | > | try it now. i lossed everything on it because of being in a "stupor" when
> | > | re-intstalling. Mainly because the partitions didn't have a "label". as such,
> | > | when i re-install, I called the /home partition as /usr, as a result, formated
> | > | by /home partition containing the ftp/httpd/user directories! oh well....it's
> | > | backup now better than before (i think).
> | > |
> | > | ftp://24.13.20.26/
> | > | ftp://24.13.20.26/pub/multimedia/sandiego.lajolla/
> | > |
> | > | (the latter contains the compressed images...i'll try and upload an
> | > | uncompressed one now)
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | > | > Sorry, but repeated attempts to access this site have failed.
> | > | >
> | > | > On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | > | > | Actually, my ftp does have the compressed and uncompressed video files on
>it.
> | > | > | Compressed (radius codec) shows black/blank and Uncompressed looks like
>sh=t
> | > | > | (shows the red/green/blue layers out of sync).
> | > | > |
> | > | > | ftp://24.13.20.26/pub/uploads/ (compressed files of Ocean#.avi)
> | > | > | ftp://24.13.20.26/pub/uploads/sandiego/ (uncompressed files named
>Video#.avi)
> | > | > |
> | > | > | have decent upload speed at my end (~100kb/sec) so it's up to your isp.
> | > | > |
> | > | > | (urls are tested for accuracy and, yes, my ftp looks like a hurricane (not
> | > | > | tornado) ripped thru it)
> | > | > |
> | > | > |
> | > | > |
> | > | > |
> | > | > |
> | > | > | On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | > | > | > That's interesting, becuase Mandrake 7.0 is the first distribution I've
> | > | > | > used where xanim seemed to work on pretty much all my videos, however
> | > | > | > there are some legal complications with xanim that mean that some of
> | > | > | > the codecs can't be posted or shared as freely as the xanim author
> | > | > | > would like owing to agreements he's had to make with the people who
> | > | > | > supplied him with the information (or in some cases the executables)
> | > | > | > for the codecs.
> | > | > | >
> | > | > | > Were these videos working in your previously distribution of Linux? If
> | > | > | > so, what distribution was that? And had you installed it yourself from
> | > | > | > the xanim site or did it work out of the box in the disitribution?
> | > | > | >
> | > | > | > A couple things to try:
> | > | > | >
> | > | > | > - If the videos are suitable you could mail me the first few k of one
> | > | > | > of them and I can see if I can play them.
> | > | > | > - You could go to the xanim home page and get all the codec modules
> | > | > | > from there. http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/home.html
> | > | > | > If this solve your problem, it's probably legal complications that are
> | > | > | > preventing your videos from working.
> | > | > | >
> | > | > | > On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | > | > | > | xanim craps out on my videos.
> | > | > | > |
> | > | > | > | .avi, avi compressed w/ radius. some pretty basic videos if you ask
>me.
> | > | > | > |
> | > | > | > | mandrake7 iso-2
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