Talk:Helix media activity

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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:

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)

Listening to streaming audio

I have downloaded watch&listen.xo to the XO, it appears as an activity, but I cannot figure out how to use the program to listen to streaming radio broadcasts or archived programming at radio station web sites. I can select the watch&listen activity but not find anything to play on it, or, I can select the browser, find streaming content, and not be able to play it. What have I missed? What am I doing wrong?