[Eug-lug] Linux and Robotics

[Jianna Zhang]

Hi Allen and Bob,

I have downloaded the Theora format video clips on our Website. Thanks a
lot for your help!

http://bairs.cs.wwu.edu/robots/bairs/linuxFest07.html


Jianna

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Dr. Jianna J. Zhang            Homepage:
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Associate Professor            Email: Jianna.Zhang at wwu.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Miller [mailto:kbob at jogger-egg.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 12:14 PM
To: Allen Brown; Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
Cc: Jianna Zhang
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Linux and Robotics

Allen Brown wrote:

> Funny we should be talking about proprietary code.  I was
> just made aware of some videos of robotics at a Linux Fest.
> http://bairs.cs.wwu.edu/robots/bairs/linuxFest07.html
> 
> I would like to view them.  Ironically, they are in a
> Windoze format.  I have asked Jianna Zhang to translate them
> to something Linux users can read.  Jianna is willing but
> doesn't know what software to use.  Jianna only has Windoze.
> 
> Please help.

I'm CC'ing Professor Zhang directly.

Ogg Theora[1] is the ideologically correct video codec for Linux, as it
is not patent-encumbered and a Free implementation is available.

ffmpeg2theora[2] is a handy tool to convert many video formats
to Theora.  It's available for Linux and Windows.

I've taken the liberty of converting the LinuxFest video clips to
Theora, and I've posted them to this URL.[3] Prof. Zhang, if you'd
like to use these, can you please copy them to your own site, as I
don't have the bandwidth to serve them widely.  N.B., some of
the clips have silent audio.  

The robots are very cool, BTW, especially since kids built them.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora
[2] http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/
[3] http://chezgeek.euglug.net/~kbob/linuxfest07/

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
                                        kbob at jogger-egg.com