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   4                 <title>Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries tagged web</title>
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  10                 <title>The sorry state of multimedia browser plugins in Debian</title>
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  13                 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  15 &lt;p&gt;Recently I have spent some time evaluating the multimedia browser
  16 plugins available in Debian Lenny, to see which one we should use by
  17 default in Debian Edu.  We need an embedded video playing plugin with
  18 control buttons to pause or stop the video, and capable of streaming
  19 all the multimedia content available on the web.  The test results and
  20 notes are available on
  21 &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/BrowserMultimedia&quot;&gt;the
  22 Debian wiki&lt;/a&gt;.  I was surprised how few of the plugins are able to
  23 fill this need.  My personal video player favorite, VLC, has a really
  24 bad plugin which fail on a lot of the test pages.  A lot of the MIME
  25 types I would expect to work with any free software player (like
  26 video/ogg), just do not work.  And simple formats like the
  27 audio/x-mplegurl format (m3u playlists), just isn&#39;t supported by the
  28 totem and vlc plugins.  I hope the situation will improve soon.  No
  29 wonder sites use the proprietary Adobe flash to play video.&lt;/p&gt;
  30
  31 &lt;p&gt;For Lenny, we seem to end up with the mplayer plugin.  It seem to
  32 be the only one fitting our needs. :/&lt;/p&gt;
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  37                 <title>When web browser developers make a video player...</title>
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  40                 <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  42 &lt;p&gt;As part of the work we do in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no&quot;&gt;NUUG&lt;/a&gt;
  43 to publish video recordings of our monthly presentations, we provide a
  44 page with embedded video for easy access to the recording.  Putting a
  45 good set of HTML tags together to get working embedded video in all
  46 browsers and across all operating systems is not easy.  I hope this
  47 will become easier when the &amp;lt;video&amp;gt; tag is implemented in all
  48 browsers, but I am not sure.  We provide the recordings in several
  49 formats, MPEG1, Ogg Theora, H.264 and Quicktime, and want the
  50 browser/media plugin to pick one it support and use it to play the
  51 recording, using whatever embed mechanism the browser understand.
  52 There is at least four different tags to use for this, the new HTML5
  53 &amp;lt;video&amp;gt; tag, the &amp;lt;object&amp;gt; tag, the &amp;lt;embed&amp;gt; tag and
  54 the &amp;lt;applet&amp;gt; tag.  All of these take a lot of options, and
  55 finding the best options is a major challenge.&lt;/p&gt;
  56
  57 &lt;p&gt;I just tested the experimental Opera browser available from &lt;a
  58 href=&quot;http://labs.opera.com&quot;&gt;labs.opera.com&lt;/a&gt;, to see how it handled
  59 a &amp;lt;video&amp;gt; tag with a few video sources and no extra attributes.
  60 I was not very impressed.  The browser start by fetching a picture
  61 from the video stream.  Not sure if it is the first frame, but it is
  62 definitely very early in the recording.  So far, so good. Next,
  63 instead of streaming the 76 MiB video file, it start to download all
  64 of it, but do not start to play the video.  This mean I have to wait
  65 for several minutes for the downloading to finish.  When the download
  66 is done, the playing of the video do not start!  Waiting for the
  67 download, but I do not get to see the video?  Some testing later, I
  68 discover that I have to add the controls=&quot;true&quot; attribute to be able
  69 to get a play button to pres to start the video.  Adding
  70 autoplay=&quot;true&quot; did not help.  I sure hope this is a misfeature of the
  71 test version of Opera, and that future implementations of the
  72 &amp;lt;video&amp;gt; tag will stream recordings by default, or at least start
  73 playing when the download is done.&lt;/p&gt;
  74
  75 &lt;p&gt;The test page I used (since changed to add more attributes) is
  76 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20090113-foredrag-om-foredrag/&quot;&gt;available
  77 from the nuug site&lt;/a&gt;.  Will have to test it with the new Firefox
  78 too.&lt;/p&gt;
  79
  80 &lt;p&gt;In the test process, I discovered a missing feature.  I was unable
  81 to find a way to get the URL of the playing video out of Opera, so I
  82 am not quite sure it picked the Ogg Theora version of the video.  I
  83 sure hope it was using the announced Ogg Theora support. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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  88                 <title>Fildeling er lovlig - ulovlig fildeling er ulovlig</title>
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  91                 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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  93 &lt;p&gt;Jeg hadde glede av å overvære FADs lansering av
  94 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.deltemeninger.no/&quot;&gt;Debattsentralen
  95 deltemeninger.no&lt;/a&gt; under Go Open 2009, og må si jeg ble skuffet over
  96 en kommentar fra podiet om ulovlig fildeling.  Fikk ikke med meg hvem
  97 som holdt innlegget, men det startet med å snakke om ulovlig fildeling
  98 og gikk så over til å snakke om fildeling som om fildeling i seg er
  99 ulovlig.  Intet er lengre fra sannheten.  Fildeling er en nyttig
 100 teknologi som benyttes av NRK, Debian, Ubuntu, NUUG og andre for
 101 distribusjon av filer.  Det er ingenting med denne fildelingen som
 102 gjør den ulovlig.  Fildeling er i seg selv en fullt ut lovlig
 103 teknologisk anvendelse.  Noe fildeling er ulovlig, og noe er lovlig.
 104 De som tror at fildeling er ulovlig har misforstått grovt.  Hvorvidt
 105 den er ulovlig kommer jo an på hvem som har opphavsretten til filene
 106 som deles og hvilke bruksbegrensninger som gjelder for filene.  En
 107 rekke filer er lagt ut av rettighetsinnehaver for deling på Internet,
 108 og fildeling av slike filer er fullt ut lovlig.&lt;/p&gt;
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 113                 <title>Nasjonalbiblioteket legger ut bøker på web</title>
 114                 <link>../../Nasjonalbiblioteket_legger_ut_b__ker_p___web.html</link>
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 116                 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
 117                 <description>
 118 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/litteratur/article3042382.ece&quot;&gt;Aftenposten
 119 melder&lt;/a&gt; at
 120 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nb.no/aktuelt/50_000_norske_boeker_gratis_tilgjengelig_paa_nett_helt_lovlig&quot;&gt;nasjonalbiblioteket
 121 og Kopinor har gjort en avtale&lt;/a&gt; som gjør at eldre bøker kan gjøres
 122 digitalt tilgjengelig fra nasjonalbiblioteket mot at Kopinor får 56
 123 øre for hver side som legges ut.  Utvalget er litt merkelig: 1790-,
 124 1890- og 1990-tallet.  Jeg synes det er absurd hvis det er slik at
 125 Kopinor skal ha betalt for utlegging av bøker som ikke lenger er
 126 beskyttet av opphavsretten.  Jeg antar her at det er mer enn 90 år
 127 siden forfatterne av bøker som ble publisert 1790-1799 døde, slik at
 128 disse bøkene er falt i det fri og enhver kan kopiere så mye de vil fra
 129 dem uten å bryte opphavsrettsloven.  Bruk av slike verk har ikke
 130 Kopinor noe med å gjøre.  Jeg håper jeg har misforstått.
 131 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nb.no/aktuelt/no_er_vi_i_gang_med_aa_digitalisere_samlingane_vaare_og_formidle_digitalt&quot;&gt;En
 132 melding fra nasjonalbiblioteket i 2007&lt;/a&gt; tyder på at tekster i det
 133 fri ikke trenger avtale med Kopinor.&lt;/p&gt;
 134
 135 &lt;p&gt;Et annet problem er at bøkene kun legges ut som bildefiler, noe som
 136 vil gjøre at søketjenester ikke vil finne disse bøkene når en søker
 137 etter fragmenter i teksten.  En risikerer dermed at de blir liggende
 138 på en slik måte at folk som bruker Google ikke finner dem.&lt;/p&gt;
 139
 140 &lt;p&gt;Da skulle jeg heller sett at nasjonalbiblioteket gjorde alvor av
 141 sin aprilspøk, og la ut bøkene som faller i det fri
 142 fortløpende.&lt;/p&gt;
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 148                 <title>Relative popularity of document formats (MS Office vs. ODF)</title>
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 151                 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
 152                 <description>
 153 &lt;p&gt;Just for fun, I did a search right now on Google for a few file ODF
 154 and MS Office based formats (not to be mistaken for ISO or ECMA
 155 OOXML), to get an idea of their relative usage.  I searched using
 156 &#39;filetype:odt&#39; and equvalent terms, and got these results:&lt;/P&gt;
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 158 &lt;table&gt;
 159 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;ODF&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;MS Office&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 160 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Tekst&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odt:282000&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;docx:308000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 161 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Presentasjon&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odp:75600&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;pptx:183000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 162 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Regneark&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ods:26500     &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;xlsx:145000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 163 &lt;/table&gt;
 164
 165 &lt;p&gt;Next, I added a &#39;site:no&#39; limit to get the numbers for Norway, and
 166 got these numbers:&lt;/p&gt;
 167
 168 &lt;table&gt;
 169 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;ODF&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;MS Office&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 170 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Tekst&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odt:2480 &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;docx:4460&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 171 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Presentasjon&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odp:299   &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;pptx:741&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 172 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Regneark&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ods:187       &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;xlsx:372&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 173 &lt;/table&gt;
 174
 175 &lt;p&gt;I wonder how these numbers change over time.&lt;/p&gt;
 176
 177 &lt;p&gt;I am aware of Google returning different results and numbers based
 178 on where the search is done, so I guess these numbers will differ if
 179 they are conduced in another country.  Because of this, I did the same
 180 search from a machine in California, USA, a few minutes after the
 181 search done from a machine here in Norway.&lt;/p&gt;
 182
 183
 184 &lt;table&gt;
 185 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;ODF&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;MS Office&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 186 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Tekst&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odt:129000&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;docx:308000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 187 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Presentasjon&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odp:44200&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;pptx:93900&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 188 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Regneark&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ods:26500     &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;xlsx:82400&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 189 &lt;/table&gt;
 190
 191 &lt;p&gt;And with &#39;site:no&#39;:
 192
 193 &lt;table&gt;
 194 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;ODF&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;MS Office&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 195 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Tekst&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odt:2480&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;docx:3410&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 196 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Presentasjon&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;odp:175&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;pptx:604&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 197 &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;Regneark&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;ods:186       &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;xlsx:296&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 198 &lt;/table&gt;
 199
 200 &lt;p&gt;Interesting difference, not sure what to conclude from these
 201 numbers.&lt;/p&gt;
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 206                 <title>Great book: &quot;Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future&quot;</title>
 207                 <link>../../Great_book___Content__Selected_Essays_on_Technology__Creativity__Copyright__and_the_Future_of_the_Future_.html</link>
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 209                 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
 210                 <description>
 211 &lt;p&gt;The last few weeks i have had the pleasure of reading a
 212 thought-provoking collection of essays by Cory Doctorow, on topics
 213 touching copyright, virtual worlds, the future of man when the
 214 conscience mind can be duplicated into a computer and many more. The
 215 book titled &quot;Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity,
 216 Copyright, and the Future of the Future&quot; is available with few
 217 restrictions on the web, for example from
 218 &lt;a href=&quot;http://craphound.com/content/&quot;&gt;his own site&lt;/a&gt;. I read the
 219 epub-version from
 220 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2883&quot;&gt;feedbooks&lt;/a&gt; using
 221 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fbreader.org/&quot;&gt;fbreader&lt;/a&gt; and my N810. I
 222 strongly recommend this book.&lt;/p&gt;
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