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Google Launches Pay-Per-View Web Video
Elliot Shepherd writes "According to John Batelle, on Monday Google is launching in-browser video playback based on VLC. Google has been accepting video uploads in April, including allowing the video owner to specify that payment is required, through the Google Payment Program." Update: 06/27 22:21 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "Google Video is now up. The about page describes what kinds of content has been uploaded to their servers so far -- mostly a random assortment of stuff from Gamespot's archives, a few things from Greenpeace, a Google recruiting video, some breakdancing videos, and other randomness. The in-browser video plugin works seamlessly (although Windows only for now). Looks like it has potential." Check the top entry on Google Blog for a few more words on it, too.
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...so I'll have to try out the upgrade :)
Actually, I believe I misspoke. Realmedia isn't supported by VLC, but RealAlternative is a good non-real player that's worked with every realmedia type I've used. It seems that the way it plays realmedia files (by using realmedia's own .dll files) is illegal, and with all the patent dodging VLC's had to do I believe they're trying at all cost trying not to step on any of the big players' toes.
I don't have experience with wmv10 files specifically, but I do know that the windows version of VLC is the one with the best wmv compatibility, so that may be an issue.
You've probably misunderstood my comment, partially my fault with ambiguous wording.
I meant will Google check through all the files to make sure things like hollywood films, tv shows, etc...
Let the commencement BEGINULATE!
The legal way to get those codecs is to download and install each official player+codec combo, and then use your choice of player to use the codec; even then their EULA may say you can't use the codec separate from THEIR player.
Howerver the best way to get the codecs -- but not technically legal way, because of software patent BS -- is to google for and download what's called a "codec pack". The best one for Windoze is called the "K-Lite Mega Codec Pack", which comes with Media Player Classic, BSPlayer, as well as almost every video/audio codec under the sun. For Linux, the best (and only?) codec pack available is the MPlayer essential codec pack, which is actually just an archive of windows .dll codecs, which MPlayer, VLC, and other players will fall back on if there is no open source alternative codec to use.
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Google is nowhere near being THE content broker. For instance, Factiva has more than 9,000 newspaper, major trade publications and market research providers. I can think of many other aggregators such as Lexis-Nexis, Thompson that have been operating in the space for decades - and Google can't touch them for usefulness.
This is not to say Google may not be developing a whole new content set - which will make them a more useful content provider. However, if you are in a position to have to answer any question that pops into someone's head - which I am, Google is rarely a first choice. It is only your first choice if you know absolutely nothing about the topic. It is also part of any final search to make sure you haven't missed anything that your average Joe might come across - especially any misinformation.
Google Video Upload Program FAQe rview4
https://upload.video.google.com/video_faq.html#ov
GOD NO, DO *NOT* DOWNLOAD THE KLITE PACK, it's a serious pile of crap. more times then not it'll hose lots of things.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
That really seems fair enough. Seems like they'll charge the user, not the uploader, if the video is big and becomes popular.
-- these are only opinions and they might not be mine.
Read the FAQ. https://upload.video.google.com/video_faq.html PS: Why did the preceeding post get modded Interesting? It's a troll at best the more I think about it. :(
Poof.
use ffdshow and stop worrying about if the pack has the latest codec, of if codec foo in that pack conflicts with bar you have installed and so forth and so on.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
VLC plays whatever codecs ffmpeg supports.
1 6 It contains all the codecs.
http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php
On the homepage it says it is adding support, and or experimental support, and or full support has been added for:
Quicktime 7
x264.h
Alac
"(Jan 24, 2005) Eagle-eyed observers may have noticed the recent CVS addition of a VC-9 decoding implementation. It is still highly experimental but should eventually serve as a basis for decoding Microsoft VC-1/VC-9/WMV3/WMV9 video data." - http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php
For all the supported codecs either download, and build ffmpeg and run it with -formats or take a look at http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC
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