[Etoys] A new experimental version of OLPC image for non-XO environments

Yoshiki Ohshima yoshiki at vpri.org
Fri Feb 22 19:26:38 EST 2008


At Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:54:58 +0100,
Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
> 
> 2008/2/18, Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki at vpri.org>:
> 
> >   The image is based on the latest Etoys image, the suggestions from
> > Subbu about fonts and README wordings are incorporated, and OggPlugin
> > is included.  We may still change the initial screen (what do you
> 
> OggPlugin Sound interesting :)
> 
> Do you have plan to include Ogg/Theora for video. I think it will be
> terribly useful as the MPEG video plugin is really limited in what you
> can play.
> Now Ogg/Theora is becoming default standard in Linux with many tools
> capable to record or convert to this format.
> In the other hand, I very often have difficulties to produce MPEG
> video playable in the Squeak image.

  As previously written, gstreamer would be a better way to go.  In the
current time frame, we would not put Theora right away, but it is in
general a good idea.

-- Yoshiki


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