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Great, will this include a link to login via OpenID? – Stephen Judge, on September 25, 2009 22:15

There is now another serious problem on myVidoop. It is not sending out Activation codes to activate a browser. This effectively locks us out of myVidoop and all out password data. Detailed report here http://gsfn.us/t/df67

Stop spamming GetSatisfaction – Stephen Judge, on August 25, 2009 13:11

Hi Will, yep I just updated to the latest VLC 1.0.1 and a fresh uninstall and install and those two videos still face the same problems. It might be useful if you could also download them and make sure the same problem exists on your system. They are hosted on LegalTorrents, the links are in my post above. – Stephen Judge, on August 06, 2009 01:50

I also just found this useful Firefox Extension to allow Theora encoding and uploading from within the browser, which may negate the need to do server side encoding. It is currently being tested by the Wikimedia Commons: Article, Firefogg Extension – Stephen Judge, on July 30, 2009 03:00

It seems you yourself are a bit sucked into hype about H.264 and I am not here to debate that. I did not start this topic with a desire to debate the values of one codec over another, or market shares etc. Please do not make assumptions about my background. I am neither a High School or College student and I don't hide behind a username.

If you took the time to read what I had said you will see that I am only interested in free and open access to information. I think I made that point clear several times. I will let Blip.tv worry about their investors. I am not seeking to waste engineering time and I do not believe I have done so. Blip.tv committed to supporting Theora well before I started this topic and if you read their blog post you will see they were happy to do so. In fact by asking Blip.tv to drop the Cortado player in favour of native browser support I am asking them to so something that is easier to do than what they had already achieved with their implementation of the Cortado player. Dropping the player and allowing for native browser support only requires them to add the <video> tags and some CSS to allow the files to play nicely on their site. This is no more than what they have already done.

Server side encoding should also be an relatively simple task to implement with their existing encoding infrastructure using ffmpeg2theora.

No I do not believe that Blip.tv is be paid to set internet standards, but it is forward thinking companies and organisation like Mozilla, Xiph, Blip.tv and those of the Open Video Alliance that help to push the advancement and adoption of free and open information standards and in turn create true educational and creative values on the Internet and in society.

You may see me as an idealist, which I have no problem with, because without idealists we would just allow corporate interests to dictate art, culture and education. And for this reason I am proud to be one. When I am making CD's of the Wikipedia with open video content in Theora to be sent to areas around the world without interenet access, I am able to do so because of open content and open standards.

We can balance each other out I suspect. I have said all that I need to say, and if staff from Blip.tv read this they will decide what is important to their company, but I will not apologise for asking them to push forward with innovation.</video>

You need to elaborate in more detail exactly what you are trying to do. As Windows user the default Miro Video folder in stored in you My Documents/My Videos folder. Each feed has its own folder where you can copy your videos from. Or from within Miro click on the 'Show More' link to the far right of the video and then click 'Real in Explorer' to open that video's exact location.

As for converting the video, the are many you could use FLOSS programs Handbrake or Media Coder to convert it to many other formats. You can then burn your videos to a disc using your burning software of choice, I suggest FLOSS program Infra Recorder. If you want to convert your video to a DVD format that can be played in your home DVD player, then you will need DVD mastering software such as FLOSS program DVD Styler.

I hope that helps.

You need to elaborate in more detail exactly what you are trying to do. As Windows user the default Miro Video folder in stored in you My Documents/My Videos folder. Each feed has its own folder where you can copy your videos from. Or from within Miro click on the 'Show More' link to the far right of the video and then click 'Real in Explorer' to open that video's exact location.

As for converting the video, the are many you could use FLOSS programs Handbrake or Media Coder to convert it to many other formats. You can then burn your videos to a disc using your burning software of choice, I suggest FLOSS program Infra Recorder. If you want to convert your video to a DVD format that can be played in your home DVD player, then you will need DVD mastering software such as FLOSS program DVD Styler.

I hope that helps.

A your outlook is narrow minded my friend. I do doubt many of these statistics your are quoting. I am not interested in hype or allegations. I am interested in open and free exchange of information which H.264, VP6 etc do not promise and are in no way a 'standard'. If you still believe Theora is such an inferior video format then you obviously have not looked at the links I gave you.

Blip.tv may not be profitable yet but that is commons for many startups and SME's. It took Amazon far longer to become profitable. Many people like myself will choose Blip.tv over other providers because of it's open platform and support for open standards.

If you want you videos to be patent encumbered and you want to force this on your viewers, then that is your choice, you clearly do not believe in free and open exchange of information.

The point is choice, Blip.tv supports the playback of both H.264 and Theora. They do believe in the ideals of free and open information exchange, see their blog post on their introduction of Theora here. This argument over codecs will go on for years as it has in the past, but we must focus on freedom, for if our information is not free why produce it in the first place.

A your outlook is narrow minded my friend. I do doubt many of these statistics your are quoting. I am not interested in hype or allegations. I am interested in open and free exchange of information which H.264, VP6 etc do not promise and are in no way a 'standard'. If you still believe Theora is such an inferior video format then you obviously have not looked at the links I gave you.

Blip.tv may not be profitable yet but that is commons for many startups and SME's. It took Amazon far longer to become profitable. Many people like myself will choose Blip.tv over other providers because of it's open platform and support for open standards.

If you want you videos to be patent encumbered and you want to force this on your viewers, then that is your choice, you clearly do not believe in free and open exchange of information.

The point is choice, Blip.tv supports the playback of both H.264 and Theora. They do believe in the ideals of free and open information exchange, see their blog post on their introduction of Theora here. This argument over codecs will go on for years as it has in the past, but we must focus on freedom, for if our information is not free why produce it in the first place.