[Xerte] Re: Media issue

Wed Oct 19 14:29:03 BST 2011

Well... unfortunately the injection did not work either. My files do seem to
have metadata attached to them (as verified by flvmdi) but they are still
not playable by the system. Is specific metadata necessary? The smallest
filesize is around 18MB.

cheers
andrew

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 18:14, A-P. Lian <andrew.lian at andrewlian.com> wrote:

> ok - thanks - that's probably it - will try
>
> cheers
> andrew
>
>
>
> --
> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
> School of English
> Institute of Social Technology
> Suranaree University of Technology
> 111 University Avenue
> Muang District
> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>
> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
> (Max Planck)
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 18:01, Julian Tenney <
> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> It expects .flvs with metadata, which some encoders miss out. Try an
>> encoder known to work, like FormatFactory, or use the flvmdi tool included
>> in the main xerte download which can inject metadata into the flv files,*
>> ***
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *A-P. Lian
>> *Sent:* 19 October 2011 11:55
>> *To:* Xerte discussion list
>>
>> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Media issue****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thanks Julian
>>
>> However, here is the thing. If I load the cafe_townsend_chef.flv file
>> which comes in the setup folder in the xerteonline toolkits, it works
>> perfectly. On another machine, it also played another .flv file made by
>> someone else. It looks like it is having trouble playing files that I
>> converted from mpg or wherever using the AVS converter or other programs.
>> This happens on b oth machines. Does that make sense? Does the system expect
>> a particular .flv file and, if so, what are its characteristics?
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>> Andrwe
>>
>>
>> --
>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>> School of English
>> Institute of Social Technology
>> Suranaree University of Technology
>> 111 University Avenue
>> Muang District
>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>
>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
>> (Max Planck)
>>
>> ****
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 16:53, Julian Tenney <
>> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:****
>>
>> There might be some flv viewers, so if you have one installed, and .flv
>> associated with it, it should play…****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
>> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Dave Burnett
>> *Sent:* 18 October 2011 21:05
>> *To:* Xerte list
>> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Media issue****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> The .flv MIME type is set on the server?
>> Will an .flv work outside of Xerte?****
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> From: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com
>> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:44:22 +0700
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] Media issue
>>
>> Hello everybody,****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> I am struggling a little bit with videos. I understand that the videos
>> which are playable through the online toolkits are .flv. However, the system
>> does not seem to recognise my flv files (usually converted from mpg or
>> something else). I really don't quite know what to do next. The only thing
>> that I can think of is that the files are too big. Or maybe the flv files
>> have to be in a special format (mine are the default files generated by the
>> AVS video converter or by the Swish suite of programs)???****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. The system seems to ignore them completely
>> and nothing appears on the pages and the media preview complains that no
>> file has been selected. It all seems to work ok with sound files.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Thanks once again.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Andrew****
>>
>> PS I have tried other formats too - but no result...****
>>
>>
>> --
>> Professor Dr. Andrew Lian
>> School of English
>> Institute of Social Technology
>> Suranaree University of Technology
>> 111 University Avenue
>> Muang District
>> Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 30000
>> Emeritus Professor , University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
>> Vice-President of AsiaCALL
>> e-mail: andrew.lian at andrewlian.com; website: http://www.andrewlian.com
>>
>> We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. (Anaïs Nin)
>> The universe is made up of stories, not atoms (Muriel Rukeyser)
>> When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
>> (Max Planck)****
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