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Xiph.org Releases Theora Alpha One

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the soon-my-pretty-soon dept.

Pajama Crisis writes "Xiph.org, the crazy guys behind Ogg Vorbis, have released the first alpha version of Ogg Theora, an open video codec. Downloading, hacking and smashing into little pieces is cheerfully encouraged. Theora has been mentioned on Slashdot before. Also, Xiph has been working with a couple different companies to bring Vorbis to a portable near you; stay tuned."

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  1. IRivers Response by emolitor · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "Thanks for your suggestion. Actually iRiver have listened to our users' need and start working with Ogg Vorbis format, ManPower have been allocated to develop the Ogg Vorbis, let's give our engineers more time to develop this format. Some users suggested to give a schedule on this issue. However, it is really difficult to tell at this moment, let's just hope it to be released as soon as possible."

    http://www.iriver.com/user/user_view.asp?page=1&id x=1268&mode=Àüü&strque=&field=1

    Thats clipped from their forums.

  2. mplayer/mencoder by peter_gzowski · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Evidently oblivion exists at www.mplayerhq.hu. They have an encoder that lets you rip your dvd to DivX4 using 1, 2 or 3 pass encoding. Instuctions are here. Is three lines at a command prompt simple enough?

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  3. Re:How does he know? by Frag-A-Muffin · · Score: 3, Interesting


    I've been talking to the Xiph guys, it's true, I believe Monty himself will be starting work on a flash for the NEXII/IIe within a couple weeks, if it turns out to be technically possible.

    Sweet! I don't see why it wouldn't be technically possible though? What's in one of those NEXII(e) anyways? Or is it possibly the firmware size won't fit? Anyone know how big the flash ROM for the firmware is?

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  4. Re:File Extensions by ncc74656 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    If Ogg Vorbis are .ogg files, what are they going to call Ogg Theora files?

    If they're smart, .avi. Make it a codec that plugs in alongside XviD, Huffyuv, etc., and you'll have a sizable amount of capture/editing/playback software that'll be able to use it right off the bat.

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  5. Re:Wow, this is like watching mainland Chinese new by Compuser · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the parent is a troll, but in case he is
    serious:
    What does a square wave do to your speakers?
    We have some decent peakers down in our lab,
    because we do vibration testing before real
    experiments run and we run all kinds of sharp
    looking waveforms thru them and we don't see
    any problems. This is in fixed setup, inside an
    acoustic room with acoustic level meters and
    accelerometers. Doesn't get any more precise than
    that. Our speakers are fine after 5 years.
    What's supposed to be the problem?