i succeeded to register vlc or virtualdubmod as the player for avi files i check this with gspot in menu "file" "Play (using associated player)"
thus gspot founds and uses vlc or virtualdubmod but picasa does not found vlc or virtualdubmod ! how to register an association with wine ? make a text file vlc.reg put in the following statements [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi] @="AVIfile" "Content Type"="application/avi" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AVIfile\Shell\Open\command] @="C:/Program files/VideoLAN/VLC/vlc.exe %1" then type regedit vlc.reg On 3 déc, 13:05, promeneur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > another idea for you > > you have a camera > with it there is a cd with software > > try to install the minimum : the viewer > thus this will install an app with the ability to view the avi > > perhaps picasa will know to use it to import and to view the avi > files ? > > On 3 déc, 11:37, promeneur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i forget > > > if you delete .wine folder you also need to delete .winetricks folder > > > On 3 déc, 11:26, promeneur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > yes it's rought. i spent many many hours to found the solution > > > > the general idea for picasa is picasa scan and import video file if a > > > viewer ia available and has the ability to view your video > > > > for avi i don't know well > > > > i have only one avi from a canon > > > i never found any solution > > > > the avi from canon is a container with a video file with a special > > > format > > > > IBM Mjpeg with Huffman tables > > > > this is an old mjpeg with not much compression > > > easy for processor embeded in camera > > > > the software vlc (windows vesrion) (which includes the codec for the > > > IBM mjpeg) view well the avihttp://www.videolan.org/ > > > also the sofware Virtualdubmod (windows > > > version)http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/ > > > > i did not test the windows version of mplayer. the linux version can > > > view ibm mjpeg > > > > i failed with mplayer classic, quicktime alternative, real > > > alternative, "ffdshow try outs" to play ibm avi > > > > i succeed to play ibm avi with vlc and virtualdubmod > > > > i failed to use vlc or virtual with picasa > > > the pb is i assume when you install vlc or virtualdubmod they are not > > > registered as default app to play avi thus picasa does not found them > > > to play it and to import your avi when scanning > > > > i did not found a mean to make a wine association between *.avi and > > > vlc or virtualdubmod. It's so simple with windows ! > > > > as you see i am not so far the solution ! > > > > To make your test i advise you > > > > to use the linux wine and not the picasa wine it'simpler and you don't > > > destroy your picasa installation > > > > install under linux wine > > > > picasa (windows) and > > > all the other windows softwares > > > > it's easy to remove /home/<user>/.wine > > > > to recreate and initialize again wine, just launch > > > > winecfg > > > > then > > > > install again all the stuff : picasa etc. > > > > useful tools > > > > winetricks : a tool to add windows librairies and software > > > it is a srcipt to launch it goto the folder containing it and just > > > type > > > > ./winetricks > > > > you have a menu > > > select what you want to install (for example ffdshow, mfc42) > > > >http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks > > > > dan kegel is a google wine picasa dev > > > > gspot : to test for a file if the codecs to view it are available in > > > your installation and if a codec must be installed > > > under wine you need to install mfc42 to run it > > > >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/GSpot.htm > > > > codec tweak tool : to fix a bad installation of codecs > > > >http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Tweak_Tool.htm > > > > useful doc > > > > guide to error about codecs > > > >http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/articles/11318.aspx > > > > howto find codecs > > > >http://www.fourcc.org/ > > > > a site about wine (very useful) > > > >http://www.wine-reviews.net/ > > > > let me know if you succeed > > > > On Dec 2, 5:29 pm, mlmartinet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > That was some rough reading. I managed to get a .mov file uploaded > > > > but what about .avi and .mpg. I installed the mediaplayer classic > > > > also. > > > > > On Dec 2, 10:56 am, promeneur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > the good address where to found "PAGES" > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux > > > > > > On 2 déc, 10:44, promeneur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > did you see in this group there is in > > > > > > [link]http://groups.google.com/ > > > > > > group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux/[/link] > > > > > > there are doc "Pages" ? > > > > > > > see HOWTO i made > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 2:29 am, mlmartinet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've been looking for a few days now and really haven't found a > > > > > > > solution to this problem. I can't upload videos to my Picasa > > > > > > > account > > > > > > > since I've switched back to using Linux (Ubuntu). It came to a > > > > > > > shock > > > > > > > to me that they still don't have video support for Picasa Linux. > > > > > > > I've > > > > > > > tried uploading through the web interface but I guess that is > > > > > > > only for > > > > > > > photos? This has become a thorn in my side. Has any one come up > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > a work around for this answer? I would have to move to another > > > > > > > photo > > > > > > > sharing site. It's a great site and my friends and family enjoy > > > > > > > visiting it. > > > > > > > > Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. 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