Try VLC again. I don't have much experience with it on Linux, but I've used it on Windows quite a bit and it handles most MOV's and MP4's (including h264) well.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com www.billstreeter.net --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Howdy all, > > > Great thread! > > I was happy to find it however old. > > Does anyone know what the best video plugins are for Firefix on Linux? > > > Some detail... > > I had a spare intel box sitting around and put Ubuntu on it, I'm so > pleased that as an experiment I've decided to use it as my primary > desk workstation for the time being. > > Ironicly the only problem I have is I can't find any good plugins. > > Currently I have the totem media player plugins installed. These > function very poorly if at all for most video types. > > I tried the VLC plugins as VLC is the best media player on any > platform and I've been using it for years. However, for some reason > they didn't work. > > I'm about to go back and give VLC a second try though. > > I'm hoping some linux guru will pop up and say there's some package > that everyone swears by. > > Until then, I'll be googling around the web desperately looking for > some good video plugins for linux. > > BTW, the Flash and Real Player plugin's work great. > > I just can't play MOV's, MP4's and other downloadable formats. > > -Mike > mmeiser.com > mefeedia.com > > On 2/26/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have hope that this: http://ubuntustudio.org/ will be the great > > opensource media creation Linux distro--but we'll see ... I need to > > get a PC so I can test this out when it's ready. > > > > Bill Streeter > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > www.lofistl.com > > www.billstreeter.net > > > > --- In [email protected], Tom Gosse <hermit@> wrote: > > > > > > On Saturday 24 February 2007 08:14 pm, Nox Dineen wrote: > > > > I'm swapping back to Linux on my laptop, and although I'll keep > > > > Windows on my desktop (my main video editing machine), I will be > > using > > > > the lappy to do some video stuff when I'm away from home. > > > > > > > > I'm wondering of anybody here uses Linux, and if so what you're > > using > > > > to edit video. I never did find anything decent for photo or > > video > > > > work (GIMP just doesn't cut it for me, I'm a Photoshop girl). > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nox > > > > > > -- > > > Tom Gosse > > > hermit@ > > > > > > I'm using Linux as my primary operating system now. My Windoze > > machine died, > > > I lost a lot of video editing software and I can't afford $300 to > > $500 to > > > upgrade to Vista. > > > > > > Here is a link to a site about movies on Linux: > > http://linuxmovies.org > > > > > > From what I've read, and I haven't read everything, there are no > > programs for > > > Linux that compare to Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or > > Apple's Final Cut > > > Pro. The really good programs used by the big studios in > > Hollywood are all > > > proprietary software developed especially for them. I've just > > installed Kino > > > but haven't had a chance to play with it yet. > > > > > > I don't think Linux will have any really good video editing > > programs for the > > > average user for quite some time. For one thing, the installed > > base of home > > > desktop users is too small. Because Linux is a more efficient OS > > it doesn't > > > have a lot of routines that automatically install and tweak > > programs for the > > > user. You need to get "under the hood" and do a lot of tweaking > > on your own. > > > That's more work than the average user wants to do. As one friend > > of mine > > > put it: he want's to edit video, not learn how to program the Bash > > shell. > > > > > > Good luck, and keep us posted on how goes your editing on Linux. > > > > > > Tom Gosse > > > hermit@ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
