[OLPC-SF] [Fwd: Re: request for help: update OS, convert video, copy activities]

[Robert Howard]

Jim,

As others have suggested for video conversions the command line tool  
ffmpeg2theora is the way to go a
Unfortunately the documentation is not the greatest so you will need  
to experiment.

You can download from http://v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/

http://en.flossmanuals.net/TheoraCookbook/FFMPEG2Theora

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Converting_video

Robert H.

On Oct 13, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Grant Bowman wrote:

> Jim, best of luck with the conversion.
>
> I recently did some ogg vorbis (sound) conversions of some CDs because
> I didn't want to be encumbered by the mp3 patent issues.  I hope more
> hardware and software developers support .ogg in addition to .mp3 in
> the future.  Xiph projects are available at www.xiph.org
>
> Sameer, thanks for those instructions sent to the list. I am sure that
> ffmpeg2theora should get the job done assuming all the mpeg4 codecs
> needed by the original file are on the conversion machine.
>
> Grant Bowman
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:37 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>> more and more thanks. we plan to do this on
>> thursday afternoon. in the meantime i'll be
>> researching this stuff and come back with
>> questions, if any.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 08:26 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM,  <akleider at sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> sorry, I should have posted to the list instead of only to Jim
>>>>
>>>> I hope I got the facts right
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------- Original Message  
>>>> ----------------------------
>>>> Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] request for help: update OS, convert  
>>>> video,  copy
>>>> activities
>>>> From:    akleider at sonic.net
>>>> Date:    Sun, October 11, 2009 1:01 pm
>>>> To:      "jim" <jim at well.com>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>> -------
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> carol ruth silver has a few XO computers that need
>>>>> * update the OS. if someone can provide me a USB
>>>>> stick and instructions, i can do the work.
>>>>
>>>> go to http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.0
>>>
>>> Release 8.2.1 is the latest stable.
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.1
>>>
>>>> and download the two files:
>>>> fs.zip
>>>> gg-767-4.img
>>>
>>> This should be gg-802.1.img
>>>
>>>> onto a usb stick
>>>> Stick that stick into a usb slot of an XO (be sure it is plugged  
>>>> in, not
>>>> running just on battery) and start the XO while holding down all  
>>>> 4 game
>>>> keys (to bottom right of screen) until you are told to let go.  
>>>> Then go
>>>> have coffee.
>>>> When all is done, connect the XO to the internet and update: I  
>>>> think
>>>> that's done via the control panel (don't have an XO with me to  
>>>> check.)
>>>> Everything previously on that XO will of course be vapourized!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You will probably find those two files on your laptop somewhere  
>>>> from when
>>>> we did this on your XOs at one of the lug meetings, remember?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> * convert a video from existing format (it's in
>>>>> .m4v and .mp4 and .flv) to ogg theora format.
>>>>
>>>> I think grantbow at gmail.com recently did some conversions to ogg  
>>>> so ask him
>>>> how.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here's an article on how to convert video using the Windows  
>>> platform.
>>> http://www.camerahacker.com/myink/ViewPage.php?file=docs/Creating% 
>>> 20OGG%20Video%20for%20the%20OLPC%20XO%20Laptop
>>>
>>> In Linux, one can use ffmpeg2theora from the command line directly.
>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Theora
>>>>>
>>>>>    we also have the problem of copying a couple
>>>>> of custom activities from one XO (where they're
>>>>> working) to a couple or three other XOs.
>>>> sv3rma at gmail.com is where I would go to answer this one.
>>>> Also: Saturday next will be the next OLPC meeting
>>>>
>>>> If/when you get answers to the last two issues, please share.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I found http://olpc.af/index.php/downloads.html which seems to have
>>> the activities Jim/Carol are looking for.
>>>
>>> Sameer
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