I've been asked to do some reviews in the laptop category for this ICMC. I have and use VLC.
Perhaps I should be thrown off the jury for breaking anonymity*, and owning a buggy program.
best,
N
* I don't know which submissions I'll be allocated, which will be anonymised. But if I see a .ogg I promise it will get a good review at least with respect to the encoding format and subversive art dimensions.
On 17 Jan 2011, at 17:28, Dan S wrote:
> Alex,
>
> Thanks, really grateful for the warning! My video is indeed Ogg
> Theora, so I've just spent a little while trying to convert it into a
> file that Quicktime can show - not quite got there yet! The suggestion
> that VLC is a problem is a bit puzzling since it's always been my
> reliable "this will open anything" media player, but never mind. I'd
> agree with your recommendation that future years should allow a video
> format that's free to all.
>
> Best
> Dan
>
>
> 2011/1/17 alex <alex_at_lurk.org>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was excited that ICMC invited live coding performance proposals to
>> their programme, they also say video documentation is highly
>> encouraged. However they ask only for mp4 video, which is
>> patent-encumbered. The video I was going to upload is ogg theora
>> (just for the purposes of peer review, not to go on the DVD).
>>
>> I wrote to Pierre Alexandre (the music programme chair) about this,
>> and he didn't want to move, saying that free software that supports
>> ogg, like VLC, was too buggy to expect the jury to use. I asked for a
>> compromise, that I could include an ogg file on the basis that the
>> jury members wouldn't be required to view it if they had any problems
>> doing so. This wasn't accepted. I understand the work involved in
>> managing this process, and reluctance to revisit decisions, but this
>> does seem an issue that is likely to introduce a bias to the
>> process...
>>
>> Just a warning in case others were intending to submit a live coding
>> proposal and might be affected. On the bright side, Pierre did say he
>> would suggest an alternate format for next year's ICMC.
>>
>> alex
>>
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