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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.

For a Juice replacement I would suggest gPodder, it is looking very promising. – Stephen Judge, on July 29, 2009 21:43

Any chance of getting my votes back yet, every time I click the Demand OpenID bookmarklet it tells me I have voted but the website is saying I have no votes, so are my votes even being counted, am I wasting my time?

Any chance of getting my votes back yet, every time I click the Demand OpenID bookmarklet it tells me I have voted but the website is saying I have no votes, so are my votes even being counted, am I wasting my time?

Thank you, I would miss OpenID support. Maybe even use RPX it has all the logins you want in one widget. – Stephen Judge, on July 29, 2009 21:22

I would be more interested in seeing the RSS feeds placed more prominently on each video and fully support subscription to Miro and iTunes. At the moment you RSS feeds with load in Miro but the quality of the video it downloads is awful. Please look at how Blip.tv has enabled successful implementation of RSS for Miro and iTunes.

With your native Theora video support I am looking forward to watching Theora videos in original quality in the Miro open video platform.

I think you need to check out Theora again. It is not an obscure format at all. It has matured nicely and is at present the only video format natively supported by Firefox with its HTML 5 implementation. If you want to see a quality comparison of a Theora video and a YouTube video, check out http://tinyurl.com/theoracomparison. You can see the excellent job that Dailymotion has made of incorporating Theora into their site at http://www.dailymotion.com/openvideodemo and they have committed to encoding all their video in Theora. Theora is an important format, probably the most important format for ensure that video on the web stays open and free, unencumbered by software patents or royalties.

H.264 whilst is also an excellent code, is proprietary, locked in by patents and royalty fees. This is no way to help independent media flourish on the internet.

If you value independent media and you value an open and free information culture then you should value Thoera. – Stephen Judge, on July 29, 2009 20:37