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Can someone post a how-to play a theora file off an sd card. It doesn't seem to work. Does the theora file have to adhere to some certain spec? |
Can someone post a how-to play a theora file off an sd card. It doesn't seem to work. Does the theora file have to adhere to some certain spec? |
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:: I played theora files from a USB key by opening them from the Journal- they then open into the Browse activity. But the OLPC doesn`t seem powerful enough to play fullscreen (720x576) files, and can only handle lower bitrates. 320x240 at 148kbps seems to work. There are more details on the specs, and links to a [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Apollo_15_launch.ogg playable]] Theora file on the [[Theora]] page. --[[User:Tomhannen|Tomhannen]] 15:45, 19 December 2007 (EST) |
:: I played theora files from a USB key by opening them from the Journal- they then open into the Browse activity. But the OLPC doesn`t seem powerful enough to play fullscreen (720x576) files, and can only handle lower bitrates. 320x240 at 148kbps seems to work. There are more details on the specs, and links to a [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Apollo_15_launch.ogg playable]] Theora file on the [[Theora]] page. --[[User:Tomhannen|Tomhannen]] 15:45, 19 December 2007 (EST) |
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Here is what you need to do... |
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1. Install the Opera browser. (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Opera) and launch it. |
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Once Opera has been installed, you need to configure the streaming audio player. |
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2. Click the O in the upper-left hand corner of the screen. |
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3. Go to Tools\Preferences\ |
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4. Click the "Advanced" Tab |
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5. Click "Downloads" |
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6. Click the "Add..." button. |
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7. Enter "audio/x-pn-realaudio" under MIME type (do not enter the quotes) |
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8. Enter "ram,ra" under "File extension(s)" |
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9. Click the radio button to the left of "Open with other application" |
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10. Enter the following data in the text box beneath "Open with other |
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application" |
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11. Enter "/usr/bin/totem" in the text box. (totem is a media player that should |
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have come installed on your machine) |
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12. Click the check box next to "Pass web address directly to application". |
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13. Click OK. |
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14. Click OK. |
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That's it. |
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Revision as of 14:53, 11 January 2008
How do you install the codecs in the list?
Some other media formats
The supported media formats are listed on the activity page; notably including ogg, mp3, mpeg and rm. Some other formats to test as codecs are added:
- Plaza Sesamo 10-20-019 (mov)
MPEG1/2 - how does the support for these formats work? Is there no playback?
Installation
Running Joyride-259 on os625, with firmware q2d04 on a B4, it was possible to install the .xo file simply by navigating to it using the web-browser on the OLPC. --132.185.240.122 09:21, 13 November 2007 (EST)
Does anyone know how to install additional codecs, eg RealVideo? --132.185.240.122 09:21, 13 November 2007 (EST)
Play Theora files using Helix
Can someone post a how-to play a theora file off an sd card. It doesn't seem to work. Does the theora file have to adhere to some certain spec?
- I played theora files from a USB key by opening them from the Journal- they then open into the Browse activity. But the OLPC doesn`t seem powerful enough to play fullscreen (720x576) files, and can only handle lower bitrates. 320x240 at 148kbps seems to work. There are more details on the specs, and links to a [playable] Theora file on the Theora page. --Tomhannen 15:45, 19 December 2007 (EST)