On 16.03.2010, at 02:02, John Maloney wrote: > > Hi, Chris. > > Re: >> Yes, just Ogg Theora for movies from Record. Uncompressed would use a >> huge amount of disk space, and other codecs have patent restrictions. > > Makes sense for movies. Does Record let you make an audio-only recording? > > Re: >>> If not, is there a program that can convert an ogg file to a >>> format Scratch can read? >> >> There are, but we could not ship any of them with the XO, because we >> aren't willing to ship patent-encumbered codecs. (If there are any >> formats Scratch supports that aren't patent-encumbered, let me know >> and we'll try to find a converter to use.) > > Understood. Ogg is the best unencumbered codec for compressed sound. But > uncompressed WAV, AIF, and AU files are not encumbered, and are common > formats on the internet, so I thought you might possibly have a way to export > one of those formats. > > Scratch has it's own sound recorder, so this is probably not a big deal... > > -- John >
FWIW, the Squeak VM on the XO includes an OggPlugin with both Vorbis and Speex codecs. - Bert - _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~scratch Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~scratch More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
