Good resolution and frame rate are essential. Usability problems with instructional video will block learning [1]. 720p HD is a good minimum. You cannot easily use 720p HD on an XO-1 without degrading frame rate.
Where instructional video is a requirement, please contact OLPC with your next request for tender. Reference: 1. YouTutorial: A Framework for Assessing Instructional Online Video Morain, Matt; Swarts, Jason. Technical Communication Quarterly (1057-2252) 2012-01-01. On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 08:44:18PM -0500, Adam Holt wrote: > Tremendous news, Profound thanks James & the Sugar 0.108 Team!! > > Aside: i haven't given up (yet) on a wider array of quality learning videos > (from Internet-in-a-Box 2.0 etc) becoming playable on XO-1 in 2016 so many > years later. Issues you've well-documented @ [1]http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ > Release_notes/13.2.7#Video_Playback . But the truth will announce itself soon > enough, as to how far volunteers get resampling key vids in suitable codecs :} > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 5:26 PM, James Cameron <[2]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > G'day, > > We're pleased to announce the release of OLPC OS 13.2.7 for XO-1, > XO-1.5, XO-1.75 and XO-4. > > It is Sugar 0.108 on Fedora 18, with a few activities upgraded. > > Details of new features, fixes, known issues, and how to download, > install or upgrade can be found in the release notes: > > [3]http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.7 > > Our thanks to all contributors, testers, upstreams, and those who > have provided feedback of any kind. > > Feedback on the release; write to devel@ mailing list, thanks. > > Feedback on Sugar 0.108; write to sugar-devel@ list. > > Build file names: 32019o0 32019o1 32019o2 32019o4 > > -- > James Cameron > [4]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [5]de...@lists.laptop.org > [6]http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ [7]http://unleashkids.org ! > > References: > > [1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.7#Video_Playback > [2] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > [3] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.7 > [4] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > [5] mailto:de...@lists.laptop.org > [6] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > [7] http://unleashkids.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep