Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 03:15:58 -0700 From: Matt Olander <matt@offmyserver.com> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD v Linux on TechTV - stream Message-ID: <20030907031558.B29898@knight.ixsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <3F5B043A.9080706@sitetronics.com>; from dodell@sitetronics.com on Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 12:11:06PM %2B0200 References: <20030906132557.A26925@knight.ixsystems.net> <3F5B043A.9080706@sitetronics.com>
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On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 12:11:06PM +0200, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > It looks like everybody's going for the original AVI anyway, Matt ;) I'm > going to be mirroring it on two servers (one east coast, one west coast) > on 10Mbit and 100Mbit connections, respectively. However, since > everybody seems to be going for this AVI, it's probably going to be > approximately 1 day before they are up. I hope others will do the same > as soon as they are done downloading. haha. yes, this is true. I had to put the breaks on my ftp server a bit when it sucked up the whole T1 today :P well, I discovered that the problem might be with the actual source avi anyway. the farther into it you get, the more out of sync the sound gets. oh well. I just pretend I'm watching godzilla :P thanks, -matt > > --Devon > > Matt Olander wrote: > > >for those of you that haven't seen it yet, I've got a stream > >of the FreeBSD vs. Linux 'Shootout' on TechTV. keep in > >mind that the content of the segment is watered down as that's > >what the producers wanted. personally, I think they aren't giving > >their audience enough credit as they seem to want more technical > >content. > > > >well, maybe next time ;) > > > >at any rate, my video editing skills leave much to be desired. > >the sound is off sync and just gets worse. I used VirtualDub > >on windows for the first time (glav wouldn't open the avi for some > >reason) but at least you can see what happened. > > > >if somebody would like to give the editing another shot or see the whole show, > >the entire avi (260mb) is up on our ftp server. anonymous uploads > >are temporarily turned on just in case anybody gets industrious. > > > >I'd be really ecstatic if we got something a bit better up as the > >press release is seeing alot of hits from Yahoo/Google news. > > > >real stream: > >http://www.offmyserver.com/cgi-bin/store/news/techtv_090303.html > > > >original avi: > >ftp://knight.ixsystems.net/pub/freebsd_vs_linux_shootout-techtv-20030902.avi > > > >fyi, this is the free version of Real's Helix streaming server > >so don't all watch it at once :P > > > >-matt > > > > > > > > -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (408)943-4101 Fax www.offmyserver.com -- "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't" -Mark Twain
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