Asp Forum - Re: Some PyCon videos won't play

Terry Reedy

3/13/2010 7:02:00 PM

On 3/13/2010 11:23 AM, Lee Harr wrote:
>
> I am having a great time watching videos from PyCon. Thanks to
> everyone who presented, and to those who did such a great job
> putting the videos up at: http://pyco...
>
> My trouble is that, although most of the videos play perfectly,
> there are a few that refuse to play at all. Like:
>
> Python 101
> http://pyco...file/3322312/
>
> Using Python to Create Robotic Simulations for Planetary Exploration
> http://pyco...file/3332780/
>
> Saturday Morning Lightning talks
> http://pyco...file/3264041/
>
>
> Is anyone else having trouble with these?

Yes, 'spinner' spins indefinitely, while others load and play.

4 Answers

David Boddie

3/14/2010 3:14:00 PM

On Saturday 13 March 2010 20:01, Terry Reedy wrote:

> On 3/13/2010 11:23 AM, Lee Harr wrote:
>>
>> I am having a great time watching videos from PyCon. Thanks to
>> everyone who presented, and to those who did such a great job
>> putting the videos up at: http://pyco...
>>
>> My trouble is that, although most of the videos play perfectly,
>> there are a few that refuse to play at all. Like:

[...]

>> Is anyone else having trouble with these?
>
> Yes, 'spinner' spins indefinitely, while others load and play.

You should still be able to get at the videos themselves by inspecting
the page contents, looking for download links like this one:

http://blip.tv/file/get/Pycon-PyCon2010UsingPythonToCreateRoboticSimulationsForPlan...

In this case, it's an Ogg Theora video file, so you may want to use
a player like VLC to view it:

http://www.vid...

David

Terry Reedy

3/14/2010 6:41:00 PM

On 3/14/2010 11:14 AM, David Boddie wrote:
> On Saturday 13 March 2010 20:01, Terry Reedy wrote:
>
>> On 3/13/2010 11:23 AM, Lee Harr wrote:
>>>
>>> I am having a great time watching videos from PyCon. Thanks to
>>> everyone who presented, and to those who did such a great job
>>> putting the videos up at: http://pyco...
>>>
>>> My trouble is that, although most of the videos play perfectly,
>>> there are a few that refuse to play at all. Like:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Is anyone else having trouble with these?
>>
>> Yes, 'spinner' spins indefinitely, while others load and play.
>
> You should still be able to get at the videos themselves by inspecting
> the page contents, looking for download links like this one:
>
> http://blip.tv/file/get/Pycon-PyCon2010UsingPythonToCreateRoboticSimulationsForPlan...
>
> In this case, it's an Ogg Theora video file, so you may want to use
> a player like VLC to view it:

For people using html5 competant browsers, which, I believe, play .ogv
'in tha page', blip.tv just needs to update site to make html5 pages an
alternative to using the flash player.

Terry Reedy

3/14/2010 9:20:00 PM

On 3/14/2010 2:41 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 3/14/2010 11:14 AM, David Boddie wrote:

>> You should still be able to get at the videos themselves by inspecting
>> the page contents, looking for download links like this one:
>>
>> http://blip.tv/file/get/Pycon-PyCon2010UsingPythonToCreateRoboticSimulationsForPlan...
>>
>>
>> In this case, it's an Ogg Theora video file, so you may want to use
>> a player like VLC to view it:
>
> For people using html5 competant browsers, which, I believe, play .ogv
> 'in tha page', blip.tv just needs to update site to make html5 pages an
> alternative to using the flash player.

Actually, for FF3.6, at least, the problem is already solved. I just
click on the download button and FF recognizes .ogv as something it can
play and it does, replacing the flash player. The FF player lacks a
full-screen button, but that is rarely needed for the talks.

tjr

Steve Holden

3/15/2010 5:10:00 PM

Lan Qing wrote:
> In China these video can not watch at all. I must spent 3 days to
> download it...
>
That's a great pity. If they would be useful to a large population
perhaps we could consider having copies hosted where they would be
available with higher bandwidth?

Who could we (the Python Software Foundation) discuss such a project with?

regards
Steve

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu
> <mailto:tjreedy@udel.edu>> wrote:
>
> On 3/14/2010 2:41 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>
> On 3/14/2010 11:14 AM, David Boddie wrote:
>
>
> You should still be able to get at the videos themselves by
> inspecting
> the page contents, looking for download links like this one:
>
> http://blip.tv/file/get/Pycon-PyCon2010UsingPythonToCreateRoboticSimulationsForPlan...
>
>
> In this case, it's an Ogg Theora video file, so you may want
> to use
> a player like VLC to view it:
>
>
> For people using html5 competant browsers, which, I believe,
> play .ogv
> 'in tha page', blip.tv <http://b... just needs to update
> site to make html5 pages an
> alternative to using the flash player.
>
>
> Actually, for FF3.6, at least, the problem is already solved. I just
> click on the download button and FF recognizes .ogv as something it
> can play and it does, replacing the flash player. The FF player
> lacks a full-screen button, but that is rarely needed for the talks.
>
> tjr
>
>
>
>
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