I came across this recently but have not tested it:
Flumotion Cortado by Fluendo, streaming applet for Ogg formats
http://www.flumotion.net/cortado/
http://stream.fluendo.com/en/textos.php?id=8
On the client side, it's a java applet which can be embedded into a page.
On the server side, Ogg Th
Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm
What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer.
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On Feb 19, 2008 1:18 PM, Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer.
You know, I always read Blu Ray as Blur-ry... ;-) !!
Not having big screen, DVD is more than good enough for me.
How long will regular DVD last?
Davy
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Yup. Presumably, in this ridiculous "Must buy into the latest hype even if
the technology really isn't up to the job and it's totally impractical"
world we live in people will happily wait several hours after deciding they
want to watch a movie for their movie to download instead of just inserting
On 19/02/2008, Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war -
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7252172.stm
>
> What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer.
Bald men fighting over a comb. Now one one them can scrape their scalp to
t
On Feb 19, 2008 1:42 PM, Davy Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2008 1:18 PM, Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What does everyone think? I thought they would keep this going for longer.
>
> You know, I always read Blu Ray as Blur-ry... ;-) !!
>
> Not having big screen, DVD
What I /heart/ about the pre-2K bit of plastic is the way it takes control
over your TV/DVD and insists that you watch the copyright notices and it
tries to thrust the 'don't copy videos' advert on to you. Why should any
company have the right to stop you using your own DVD controls and force you
t
> What I /heart/ about the pre-2K bit of plastic is the way it takes control
> over your TV/DVD and insists that you watch the copyright notices and it
> tries to thrust the 'don't copy videos' advert on to you. Why should any
> company have the right to stop you using your own DVD controls and for
On 19/02/2008, Ian Smith (Irascian Ltd) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Yup. Presumably, in this ridiculous "Must buy into the latest hype even
> if the technology really isn't up to the job and it's totally impractical"
> world we live in people will happily wait several hours after deciding they
The deck makers don't mind giving you control, but the disc sellers
do. That spam bit of FBI warning (means a lot in France) is Hollywood,
terrified that they will suffer by not offering consumers what they
want (cf.: the music industry). In both cases the basic model has been
to upgrade physical r
On Feb 19, 2008 3:51 PM, Sean DALY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The deck makers don't mind giving you control, but the disc sellers
> do. That spam bit of FBI warning (means a lot in France) is Hollywood,
> terrified that they will suffer by not offering consumers what they
> want (cf.: the music i
Most of Joe Public seem happy to watch 4:3 pictures stretched to
widescreen or watch fuzzy YouTube videos on laptops, so upgrades to high
definition over DVD is always going to be a harder sell than DVD was over
VHS. For most folks the increase in quality isn't obvious.
As for the cases - just
I think one of the things that has been overlooked in this whole HD-DVD /
Blu-ray debate is the audio side of things. DVD offered the vastly better
Dolby Digital and DTS formats vs. Dolby Pro Logic offered by VHS. Blu-ray
offers a slightly better version of the audio in terms of DD+ and DTS HD,
b
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