Help talk:Media (audio and video)/Archives/2007

Help Me

I've done everything this page asks of me, but I'm still unable to play ogg files. I get an error message when I try to open one. I've downloaded the coddec and everything, uninstalled it, reinstalled it...Please leave a message on my page. --Criticalthinker 10:35, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Going Too Fast

I've been using the Mac OS X version of the Ogg player on files from the Homestar Runner Wiki (my username there is Brightstar Shiner) and it works perfectly fine, except that when I play the spoken article files, they play way too fast. I don't know why this is happening. Could someone please help me? Thanks in advance, -216.201.58.10 21:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Could you post a direct link to one of those files? I'm not a Mac OS X user, but I can check if there's a problem with the files. It's probably a bug on the player, though.--Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} (please join WP:PT or WP:SPOKEN) 11:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

I can't really, but the time on it looks like this: -:--:--. Maybe I'm downloading it wrong. Anyway, don't worry about it; I'll figure it out for myself. Thanks anyway! -216.201.58.77 01:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I just want to confirm that I have the same issue with MPlayer on OS X, with every Ogg Vorbis file I've tried to play (mostly pronunciations). Additionally, VLC truncates the beginning and end of the audio, which makes the pronunciation audio basically useless. I've also tried Democracy, but it's told me it can't play the files at all (which is odd, since I thought it used VLC's guts for a player). Afiler 19:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Afiler, would you plese fill a VLC bug report? This situation is pretty odd, and I do not want other users to suffer the same problem.--Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} (please join WP:Portugal or WP:SPOKEN) 16:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I simply want to upload a recording! HELP - how to make an ogg

Can anyone please help me...

I have made a recording which I wish to upload. However, Wikipedia is rejecting my MP3. I guess I have to make an ogg.

Can someone recommend a GOOD, FREE program to use for this? I have tried two already: one was 6MB and required registration (otherwise it only encoded half the file!) and the other did not work at all (I forgot their names now: I simply deleted them).

Please recommend a program to me. A small one, preferably - which simply performs its task, to run a wav file through a codec.

Thanks.

EuroSong ^talk 14:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

You can simply go to the official Vorbis web site and see what's available there, in the encoding section:

http://www.vorbis.com/setup_windows/

oggenc is the original encoding utility by Xiph.org, so you can't go wrong with that. Also, the purpose of Wikipedia talk pages is discussing the article — the way it's written and the how to improve it. It's not a general discussion forum. —J. M. 15:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion, J. M.. By the way, I am well aware of the rôle of talk pages: that's exactly why I am asking this question here - because this information should be in the article itself. As it stands, there is not a single mention of the words "encode" or "create" within the article. And since ogg files are Wikipedia's format of choice, then it should be natural that this page - entitled "Media help (Ogg)" is the most obvious page on which to provide users a guide to creating these files! The fact that I had to ask the question here surely serves to highlight this glaring omission from the project page. Anyway - thanks again for the info. EuroSong ^talk 18:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

For help making oggs, see Wikipedia:Media Raul654 16:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Plan 9 from Bell Labs

I don't suppose there are many Plan 9 users out there, but could there be some information on how to play Vorbis/Theora in Plan 9. Oh, and maybe Haiku too?--Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves/Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} 10:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Interesting software, but is the number of users at least three digits? It wouldn't make much sense to include the instructions otherwise. Thanks, GChriss <always listening><c> 17:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Plan 9? Probably much more than 100 people. Haiku? Not so much.--Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} (I don't like Wikipedophiles) 11:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

If you're using that OS (either of them), you probably already know what you're doing, and don't need this page. Bawolff 20:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Editing sound files

Anyone willing to help edit four sound file interviews for Wikinews and Wikipedia's use? -- Zanimum 20:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Please reply to my talk page, if you're interested. I'm looking for multiple volunteers, so that there's less work for each person individually. -- Zanimum 16:23, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

illiminable codec doesn't work

The codec here doesn't work for me.This one does. Perhaps we should use it as an alternative option, as I have followed the directions to the letter, and on several diffrent computers, but alas, the illiminable codec still doesn't work on them, yet every system I have used the other codec in has... The only problem I can see with this is 56k users, and users of Windows 9x. - 68.228.56.158 02:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

There's quite a bunch of ilegal and irrelevant crap in there. I do not recommend that codec pack for ANYONE. In case illi's pack does not work, look for ffmpeg.--Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} (please join WP:Portugal or WP:SPOKEN) 16:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

How is any of it illegal? And while irrelevent, it is my favorite codec pack. ^^ - Thekittenofterra 18:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

VLC Firefox plugin for Windows is unreliable

The VLC firefox plugin for windows will not play short OGG audio files correctly. This is a huge problem in wikipedia and wiktionary, where you are often listening to short files. I couldn't find anything documenting this. Short files tend to get truncated upon playback. Any suggestions? --Tomhannen 13:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Go talk to the vlc people perhaps.( http://videolan.org ) Bawolff 20:15, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Should there be a link to this somewhere on the page? It was the only way I could find of getting them to stream correctly in Firefox. 82.32.116.76 10:51, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Democracy Player name change to Miro

I've changed all references for Democracy Player to Miro since this is now the name of the product. Sp0ng 05:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Sound samples

Is it just my browser, or does anyone else notice that the sound samples are ill-shaped within the page, and protrudes unto the written text of the article? Is anyone working on this, please? It's been like this for a while. Orane (talk) 19:21, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Here's a screenshot of the Celine Dion page. Look how the samples disrupt the text.

Here's a screenshot of the Mariah Carey page. Look how the samples extend too far right, and you have to scroll over to see them.

Can you point out an example? The buttons are ugly in a number of different ways, so it would be good to know which one you're interested in.. :) --Gmaxwell 20:02, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, in most of the article I've edited, the sound sample distorts the page. Look at Mariah Carey or Celine Dion for example. Orane (talk) 20:23, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm more worried about browser detection, really. I never tested the new player, so I took the opportunity just now. Now this is interesting as it says I don't have any supported player. If I remember correctly from the description on how it works, it should have detected either Java or VLC on my system, right? If someone wants to take note, the player didn't work for _me_ on SeaMonkey, Linux, with Java and VLC installed. I'll try to look further into the issue just in case it's something weird on my side. Also of note is that my Swiftweasel browser (on the same platform) just crashed after hitting the play button.

Note that neither of those browsers support the <video>/<audio> element as of yet, so the only thing I was able to test was the "fallback".--Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves ^{talk / contribs} (join WP:PT) 21:34, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure you actually have Java and VLC installed? Check your about:plugins. The current support does detection somewhat differently than the old stuff, but as far as I can tell it works pretty widely. When you hit 'more' after hitting play it should list the supported playback modes. What is listed there?

"crashed after hitting play" sounds like VLC. The VLC plugin is crashy for some people (mostly on Linux with old copies of it..), so it's down ranked by default. --Gmaxwell 00:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Ah, yes. about:plugins reveals that my SeaMonkey does not have the VLC plugin installed. It does have Java, though. Shouldn't it have started the Cortado application? My Switfweasel however does have both installed, and VLC is the latest stable version. I wouldn't call it an "old copy".--Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves ^{talk / contribs} (join WP:PT) 15:09, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Has anyone discovered the issue with the sample? Is it just my browser? When I log out, the box is perfectly aligned, and there is no problem. However, if I log back in, then it becomes ill-shaped again :-( Orane (talk) 20:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

User ratings

The user ratings should be removed for the same reasons as Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Films/Style_guidelines#IMDB_User_Ratings. Chris Bainbridge 23:13, 30 November 2007 (UTC)