Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-10 Thread Alan Cox
I believe you live in England. Does the BBC, who mainly developed No - next door in Wales Dirac, use Dirac for webcasting? Who are the associates who participated in development. AI couldn't find any after a quick at Google's. The BBC uses flash primarily, and has previously used

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-08 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-01-08 00:21:56, Chris Smart wrote: ... Dirac is based on wavelets, completely different technology. It's also lossless, while Theora is not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/dirac/technology.shtml; According to that reference, Dirac is a typical lossy encoding method. The loss is

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-08 Thread Chris Smart
2010/1/9 Tony Nelson tonynel...@georgeanelson.com: According to that reference, Dirac is a typical lossy encoding method. The loss is introduced by the Quantization step, while the compression comes from entropy-coding the quantized (decimated) data with Arithmetic Coding. Yes, that's with

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-08 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Chris Smart m...@christophersmart.com wrote: However the website (and BBC site) say that it can employ lossless compression: Dirac has the capability of compressing high resolution files for production, compression for broadcast content, and compression for

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-08 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:55:43 -0500 Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Chris Smart m...@christophersmart.com wrote: However the website (and BBC site) say that it can employ lossless compression: Dirac has the capability of compressing high resolution

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-08 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Alan Cox a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk wrote: Theora is not lossless. The BBC code is intended for lots of things - such as *production* where you don't want loss. I'm not saying that Dirac doesn't present advantages over Ogg Theora but I believe that, since it's

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-08 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Friday 08 January 2010 05:29 PM, Marcel Rieux wrote: Because of DRM, it even seems unsure the BBC�itself will use it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/dec/22/bbc-drm-cory-doctorow A very interesting read. Thank you -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. --

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-07 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com wrote: I thought it might be a good idea to do just the opposite: remove everything and reinstall, I reinstalled gnash. It works fine at youtube but apparently needs the bad plugins. Not sure it's an advantage over using the

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-07 Thread Chris Smart
2010/1/8 Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com: Too many sites were not playing with gnash. So, I tried to install flash-plugin. First weird thing is that flash-plugin does not show as installed or installable in package manager for GNOME. If you're using 64bit, try the native 64bit plugin. If

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-07 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi Marcel, On Thursday 07 January 2010 10:59 AM, Marcel Rieux wrote: # yum install libcurl.i686 This might be your problem. Try this instead, # yum install libcurl Transaction Check Error: package libcurl-7.19.7-3.fc11.x86_64 (which is newer than libcurl-7.19.7-2.fc12.i686) is already

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-07 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marcel, On Thursday 07 January 2010 10:59 AM, Marcel Rieux wrote: # yum install libcurl.i686 This might be your problem. Try this instead, # yum install libcurl This tells me that the the x86_version is

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-07 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Chris Smart m...@christophersmart.com wrote: 2010/1/8 Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com: Too many sites were not playing with gnash. So, I tried to install flash-plugin. First weird thing is that flash-plugin does not show as installed or installable in package

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-07 Thread Chris Smart
2010/1/8 Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com: I checked a bit Wikipedia to understand the matter. It seems that Ogg Theora is free and offers good quality streaming. Why then has Dirac been developed? Dirac is based on wavelets, completely different technology. It's also lossless, while Theora is

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-06 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com wrote: Suddenly, Flash at YouTube and elsewhere stopped playing. I cleaned /tmp, checked if javascript was enabled, I installed some new flash packages, but not devel and gnash, tried the former kernel(1), all to no avail. (1) 

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-06 Thread Chris Smart
2010/1/7 Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com: youtube but apparently needs the bad plugins. Not sure it's an advantage over using the Abode plug-in... It's free software I guess.. -c -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-06 Thread Marcel Rieux
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Chris Smart m...@christophersmart.com wrote: 2010/1/7 Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com: youtube but apparently needs the bad plugins. Not sure it's an advantage over using the Abode plug-in... It's free software I guess.. Yeees... But have you seen the

Re: Flash Problem

2010-01-06 Thread Chris Smart
2010/1/7 Marcel Rieux m.z.ri...@gmail.com: Yeees... But have you seen the description for Gsretamer's bad plugins? Sure, it's bad and crappy, but at least it's open source :-) -c -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Mike Dwiggins m...@azdwiggins.com wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11.  I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid.  I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript disabled or I do not have the latest version of

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Aioanei Rares
Mike Dwiggins wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript disabled or I do not have the latest version of Flash. I then downloaded and installed via rpm -Uvh

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Mike Dwiggins
Aioanei Rares wrote: Mike Dwiggins wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript disabled or I do not have the latest version of Flash. I then downloaded and

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tuesday 13 October 2009 02:30 AM, Mike Dwiggins wrote: Aioanei Rares wrote: Mike Dwiggins wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript disabled or I do not have

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Mike Dwiggins
Athmane Madjoudj wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Mike Dwiggins m...@azdwiggins.com wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript disabled or I do not

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Aioanei Rares
Suvayu Ali wrote: On Tuesday 13 October 2009 02:30 AM, Mike Dwiggins wrote: Aioanei Rares wrote: Mike Dwiggins wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript disabled

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Mike Dwiggins wrote: Athmane Madjoudj wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Mike Dwiggins m...@azdwiggins.com wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox (Placed on Hold)

2009-10-13 Thread Mike Dwiggins
Aioanei Rares wrote: Suvayu Ali wrote: On Tuesday 13 October 2009 02:30 AM, Mike Dwiggins wrote: Aioanei Rares wrote: Mike Dwiggins wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Mike Dwiggins wrote: Aioanei Rares wrote: Mike Dwiggins wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript disabled or I do not have the

Shockwave [was Re: Flash Problem in Firefox]

2009-10-13 Thread Jonathan Ryshpan
On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 10:11 +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: see if the flash plug-in here: www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/ This reminds me I don't have Shockwave on my x86_64 system. Is there a Shockwave plugin available for linux Firefox? jon -- fedora-list mailing list

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Aioanei Rares
Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Mike Dwiggins wrote: Aioanei Rares wrote: Mike Dwiggins wrote: I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating that I either have JavaScript

Re: Flash Problem in Firefox

2009-10-13 Thread Roger
I am trying to run up new install of Fedora 11. I go into Firefox 3.5.3-1.fc11 and attempt to run a YouTube vid. I get a message stating I had the same for a while. there is a switch in preferences that tells firefox that the apps are available. and You've got to run the firefox plugins