[xiph-commits] r9909 - in websites/xiph.org/theora: . faq news
nehal at svn.xiph.org
nehal at svn.xiph.org
Wed Aug 31 20:09:06 PDT 2005
Author: nehal
Date: 2005-08-31 20:09:03 -0700 (Wed, 31 Aug 2005)
New Revision: 9909
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websites/xiph.org/theora/index.shtml.en
websites/xiph.org/theora/news/index.shtml.en
Log:
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-<h1>Theora FAQ</h1>
-
-<h2><a href="#what">What is Theora</a></h2>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#10">What is Theora?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#11">Why use Theora?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#12">What other video formats will Theora compete with?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#13">What is Ogg? What is Vorbis? What is xiph.org?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#14">What is the license for Theora?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#15">Why the name 'Theora?'</a></li>
-</ul>
-<h2><a href="#VP3">Theora and VP3</a></h2>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#20">Is the Theora bitstream identical to VP3? </a></li>
- <li><a href="#21">What can Theora do that VP3 couldn't do? </a></li>
- <li><a href="#22">How will I transition my old VP3 files to the new format?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#23">Can I convert Ogg Theora files into VP3?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#24">Isn't VP3 a patented technology? </a></li>
- <li><a href="#25">What if Xiph.org and On2 decide to break off their agreement? </a></li>
-</ul>
-<h2><a href="#development">Development</a></h2>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#30">When will it all be finished? Can I use it right now?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#31">What is an Alpha Release?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#32">What is Tarkin? </a></li>
- <li><a href="#33">How can I help with development?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#34">How will Ogg Theora interoperate with [insert your favorite media architecture]?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#35">How can I donate to these amazing projects?</a></li>
-</ul>
-<h2><a href="#working"><b>Using Theora</b></a></h2>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#40">What players currently support Theora?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#41">How can I encode videos to Theora?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#42">Is there any way to use Theora on Microsoft Windows at this point?</a></li>
-</ul>
-
-<a href="#misc"><b>Misc and Credits</b></a>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#50">Who's in charge of Theora development?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#53">Who maintains The Glorious Theora FAQ?</a></li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>Last update 2005 August 13 by Ralph Giles.</p>
-
-<h1><a name="what"></a>What is Theora</h1>
-
-<a name="10"></a>
-<h2>Q. What is Theora?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>Theora is an <strong>open</strong> video codec being developed by the
-Xiph.org Foundation as part of their Ogg project (It is a project that aims to
-integrate On2's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP3">VP3</a>
-video codec, Ogg <a href="http://www.vorbis.com/">Vorbis</a> audio codec
-and Ogg multimedia container formats into a multimedia solution that can
-compete with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4">MPEG-4</a> format).
-Theora is derived directly
-from On2's VP3 codec; currently the two are nearly identical, varying
-only in framing headers, but Theora will diverge and improve from
-the main VP3 development lineage as time progresses.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<a name="11"></a>
-<h2>Q. Why use Theora?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-It's open and free. Do you need more reasons?
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<a name="12"></a>
-<h2>Q. What other video formats will Theora compete with?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Theora is targeted at competing with MPEG-4 (e.g., XviD and DivX),
-RealVideo, Windows Media Video, and similar lower-bitrate video
-compression schemes.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<a name="13"></a>
-<h2>Q. What is Ogg? What is Vorbis? What is Xiph.org?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p><a href="http://www.vorbis.com/">Vorbis</a> is an audio codec,
-Theora is a video codec. Ogg is the transport layer that both are stored in,
-so a video file will be Theora-encoded data inside an Ogg file, while audio
-is normally Vorbis-encoded data inside an ogg file.
-</p><p>
- The <a href="http://www.xiph.org/">Xiph.org</a> Foundation is a
-Delaware non-profit company devoted to producing, maintaining and
-supporting an open multimedia platform.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-<a name="14"></a>
-<h2>Q. What is the license for Theora?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-The Theora reference implementation (like all codecs published by the
-Xiph.org Foundation) is distributed to the public under a
-BSD-style license. It is completely free for commercial or noncommercial
-use. That means that commercial developers may independently write
-Theora software which is compatible with the specification for no charge
-and without restrictions of any kind.
-<p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="15"></a>
-<h2>Q. Why the name 'Theora?'</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Like other Xiph.org Foundation codec projects such as Vorbis or Tarkin,
-Theora is named after a fictional character. Theora Jones was the name of
-Edison Carter's 'controller' on the television series
-<a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0089568/" class="subtle">Max Headroom</a>.
-She was played by <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0005301/" class="subtle">Amanda Pays</a>.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="VP3"></a>
-<h1>Theora and VP3</h1>
-
-<a name="20"></a>
-<h2>Q. Is the Theora bitstream identical to VP3?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Yes and No. Theora is a superset of VP3, so VP3 streams (with minor
-syntactic modifications) can be made into Theora streams without
-recompression (but not vice versa).
-</p><p>
-Theora is based upon the VP3 codec designed by On2.
-However, in addition to the new featuers, some redundancy was removed
-from the bitstream, so even for VP3-compatible Theora streams, the
-binary packet formats are not identical.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="21"></a>
-<h2>Q. What can Theora do that VP3 couldn't do?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-The major change from VP3 to Theora is architectural. VP3, like most
-codecs of today, makes certain assumptions about the nature of the material
-it compresses. These assumptions take the form of fixed sets of numeric
-values, such as quantization matrices, which control how different
-frequency components of the signal are handled, and token frequency tables,
-which control the efficiency of post-transform lossless coding. In Theora,
-we have leveraged the intrinsic flexibility of the Ogg multimedia framework
-to allow the encoder to modify these values appropriately for the material.
-This simple, powerful approach has already been proven effective in Vorbis,
-and will allow for a longer cycle of encoder optimization without requiring
-client-side updates.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="22"></a>
-<h2>Q. How will I transition my old VP3 files to the new format?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Because Theora is a 'superset' of VP3, tools can easily be created that
-will allow VP3 files to be losslessly transcoded into Ogg Theora format
-with no loss in quality. An example tool is included with the reference
-implementation.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="23"></a>
-<h2>Q. Can I convert Ogg Theora files into VP3?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>Why would you want to do something like that? Are you nuts?</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="24"></a>
-<h2>Q. Isn't VP3 a patented technology?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Yes, some portions of the VP3 codec are covered by patents. However, the
-Xiph.org Foundation has negotiated an irrevocable free license to the VP3
-codec for any purpose imaginable on behalf of the public. It is legal to
-use VP3 in any way you see fit (unless, of course, you're doing something
-illegal with it in your particular jurisdiction). You are free to download
-VP3, use it free of charge, implement it in a for-sale product, implement
-it in a free product, make changes to the source and distribute those
-changes, or print the source code out and wallpaper your spare room with
-it.
-</p><p>
-For more information, check the VP3 Legal Terms on the SVN page.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="25"></a>
-<h2>Q. What if Xiph.org and On2 decide to break off their agreement?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Because Theora is an Open Source project, the source code will continue to
-be available and development will continue. Users will still be protected
-from the On2 patents.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="development"></a>
-<h1>Development </h1>
-
-<a name="30"></a>
-<h2>Q. When will it all be finished? Can I use it right now?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Theora alpha 4 is out and bitstream format was frozen in 2004. So, files
-produced by the alpha 3 and later reference encoder will be supported by
-all future decoders. It's completely ready to use today.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="31"></a>
-<h2>Q. What is an Alpha Release?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Typically when software is created at a software company, it goes
-through a number of stages before it's released out to the world. You've
-probably heard of 'beta-testing' before. That's when people take code
-that has been deemed 'not quite ready' and are testing it out so that
-the authors can fix bugs where necessary.
-</p><p>
-'Alpha' code is strictly for internal development only, which is to
-say, 'No one sees this code, it's not even close to being done yet.' At
-the Xiph.org Foundation, we release everything we do so that people can
-help us move the codebase forward by reporting bugs and submitting patches.
-So, even 'Alpha' code needs to get out to the world.
-</p><p>
-And like many open source projects, our 'alpha' code has in fact been
-very stable since the alpha 3 release and is ready for real use. We're
-still calling it alpha more to indicate that it's not feature complete,
-and that we reserve the right to change some things, not that it's
-buggy.
-</p><p>
-We encourage and depend on the open-source developer community to get
-involved early. We release Alpha builds to give these hearty souls a chance
-to see what's cooking, and perhaps to add some ingredients of their own. If
-you think you have the right stuff, please join the party at
-<a href="http://www.Theora.org/lists">www.Theora.org/lists</a>.
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="32"></a>
-<h2>Q. What is Tarkin?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Tarkin was essentially a proof-of-concept wavelet-based codec. Its
-experimental nature means it will not be ready for general use for some
-time. VP3 is a high-quality codec that can meet today's video needs now, so
-we are focusing our efforts on Theora for the moment.
-<p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="33"></a>
-<h2>Q. How can I help with development?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Head on over to the <a href="http://www.Theora.org/svn.html">SVN</a>
- page to grab the codebase, and hack away! Post your contributions online,
- and tell us about it on the <a href="http://www.Theora.org/lists.html">Theora-dev
-</a> mailing list.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="34"></a>
-<h2>Q. How will Ogg Theora interoperate with [insert your favorite media architecture]?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-As the Ogg Vorbis format has gained acceptance, components have become
-available to play Ogg files on practically all of the major media players.
-We expect a similar if not superior level of support for Ogg Theora.
-Developers wanted! (if you're interested, sign up for the
-Theora-codecs at xiph.org mailing list).
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="35"></a>
-<h2>Q. How can I donate to these amazing projects?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Wow, thanks! You can find more information on donating to the Xiph.org
-Foundation by following <a href="http://www.xiph.org/donate">
-this link</a>! Thanks in advance!
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="working"></a>
-<h1>Using Theora</h1>
-
-<a name="40"></a>
-<h2>Q. What players currently support Theora?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Major players like <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">mplayer</a>,
-<a href="http://www.xinehq.de/">xine</a>, <a
-href="http://www.helixcommunity.org">helix player</a> and <a
-href="http://www.videolan.org/">VideoLAN</a> supports Theora.
-Directshow <a href="http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/">filters</a>
-are also available for use on Windows platform.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="41"></a>
-<h2>Q. How can I encode videos to Theora?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>Have a look at <a
-href="http://www.dogphilosophy.net/SECTION-Technical_Stuff/ogg-theora-microhowto.html">
-ogg-theora-microhowto</a> and <a href="http://www.annodex.net/anx_theora.html">transcode
-</a>quicktime mov files to Theora files under Linux.
-You can use libogg, to wrap theora video with vorbis audio in Ogg
-file.
-</p>
-<p>A user-friendly way to convert .dv and .avi format video into Ogg Theora format is
-with ffmpeg2theora. It can be found at: <a href="http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/">
-http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/</a>
-</p>
-<p>The <a href="http://www.pitivi.org/">PiTiVi</a> video editor is
-another nice way to make Ogg Theora videos. Just drag your source
-into the timeline and export.</p>
-<p>A way to both stream and encode theora format video is with videolan (VLC).
-Example for streaming the video4linux device in ogg theora/vorbis:
-</p>
-<p><code>vlc v4l:/dev/video:input=3:norm=pal:size=384x288 --sout \
-'#transcode{vcodec=theora,vb=300,acodec=vorb,ab=96}:std{access=http,mux=ogg,url=server.example.org:8000}'</code>
-</p>
-<p>Or, replace <code>v4l:/dev/video:input=3:norm=pal:size=384x288</code>
-with a filename if you want to transcode.
-</p>
-For more on the vlc syntax, see:
-<a href="http://videolan.org/doc/videolan-howto/en/ch09.html">http://videolan.org/doc/videolan-howto/en/ch09.html</a>
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="42"></a>
-<h2>Q. Is there any way to use Theora on Microsoft Windows at this point?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-Yes, you can use your Theora files on windows using <a
-href="http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/">Directshow filters</a>. <a
-href="http://ffdshow.sourceforge.net/">FFdshow</a> also has support for Theora. You
-can also try <a href="http://www.videolan.org/">vlc</a>, realplayer <a
-href="https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7">
-Theora plugins</a> or <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">mplayer for windows</a>.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="misc"></a>
-<h1>Misc and Credits </h1>
-
-<a name="50"></a>
-<h2>Q. Who's in charge of Theora development?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-The Xiph.org Foundation is the primary developer of Theora, but this
-just means a group of volunteers; the process is open to anyone with
-good ideas who whats to contribute.
-</p><p>
-The VP3 codec that served as the base of
-Theora was written by a company called <a href="http://www.on2.com">On2 Technologies</a>.
-Who donated the source code to the Xiph.org Foundation in 2002.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<a name="53"></a>
-<h2>Q. Who maintains The Glorious Theora FAQ?</h2>
-<div class="answer">
-<p>
-No one person at the moment. Send changes to the list if it needs them. It
-was originally written by Emmett Plant and Dan Miller. his FAQ wouldn't be
-here at all without the work of Slammin' Stan Seibert, to whom we are
-eternally grateful. It has since been updated by a number of people.
-</p>
-</div>
-
-
-<!-- Close Content -->
-
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+<!-- All your page content goes here -->
+
+<h1>Theora FAQ</h1>
+
+<h2><a href="#what">What is Theora</a></h2>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#10">What is Theora?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#11">Why use Theora?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#12">What other video formats will Theora compete with?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#13">What is Ogg? What is Vorbis? What is xiph.org?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#14">What is the license for Theora?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#15">Why the name 'Theora?'</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h2><a href="#VP3">Theora and VP3</a></h2>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#20">Is the Theora bitstream identical to VP3? </a></li>
+ <li><a href="#21">What can Theora do that VP3 couldn't do? </a></li>
+ <li><a href="#22">How will I transition my old VP3 files to the new format?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#23">Can I convert Ogg Theora files into VP3?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#24">Isn't VP3 a patented technology? </a></li>
+ <li><a href="#25">What if Xiph.org and On2 decide to break off their agreement? </a></li>
+</ul>
+<h2><a href="#development">Development</a></h2>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#30">When will it all be finished? Can I use it right now?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#31">What is an Alpha Release?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#32">What is Tarkin? </a></li>
+ <li><a href="#33">How can I help with development?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#34">How will Ogg Theora interoperate with [insert your favorite media architecture]?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#35">How can I donate to these amazing projects?</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h2><a href="#working"><b>Using Theora</b></a></h2>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#40">What players currently support Theora?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#41">How can I encode videos to Theora?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#42">Is there any way to use Theora on Microsoft Windows at this point?</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<a href="#misc"><b>Misc and Credits</b></a>
+<ul>
+ <li><a href="#50">Who's in charge of Theora development?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#53">Who maintains The Glorious Theora FAQ?</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Last update 2005 August 13 by Ralph Giles.</p>
+
+<h1><a name="what"></a>What is Theora</h1>
+
+<a name="10"></a>
+<h2>Q. What is Theora?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>Theora is an <strong>open</strong> video codec being developed by the
+Xiph.org Foundation as part of their Ogg project (It is a project that aims to
+integrate On2's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP3">VP3</a>
+video codec, Ogg <a href="http://www.vorbis.com/">Vorbis</a> audio codec
+and Ogg multimedia container formats into a multimedia solution that can
+compete with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4">MPEG-4</a> format).
+Theora is derived directly
+from On2's VP3 codec; currently the two are nearly identical, varying
+only in framing headers, but Theora will diverge and improve from
+the main VP3 development lineage as time progresses.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<a name="11"></a>
+<h2>Q. Why use Theora?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+It's open and free. Do you need more reasons?
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<a name="12"></a>
+<h2>Q. What other video formats will Theora compete with?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Theora is targeted at competing with MPEG-4 (e.g., XviD and DivX),
+RealVideo, Windows Media Video, and similar lower-bitrate video
+compression schemes.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<a name="13"></a>
+<h2>Q. What is Ogg? What is Vorbis? What is Xiph.org?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p><a href="http://www.vorbis.com/">Vorbis</a> is an audio codec,
+Theora is a video codec. Ogg is the transport layer that both are stored in,
+so a video file will be Theora-encoded data inside an Ogg file, while audio
+is normally Vorbis-encoded data inside an ogg file.
+</p><p>
+ The <a href="http://www.xiph.org/">Xiph.org</a> Foundation is a
+Delaware non-profit company devoted to producing, maintaining and
+supporting an open multimedia platform.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<a name="14"></a>
+<h2>Q. What is the license for Theora?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+The Theora reference implementation (like all codecs published by the
+Xiph.org Foundation) is distributed to the public under a
+BSD-style license. It is completely free for commercial or noncommercial
+use. That means that commercial developers may independently write
+Theora software which is compatible with the specification for no charge
+and without restrictions of any kind.
+<p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="15"></a>
+<h2>Q. Why the name 'Theora?'</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Like other Xiph.org Foundation codec projects such as Vorbis or Tarkin,
+Theora is named after a fictional character. Theora Jones was the name of
+Edison Carter's 'controller' on the television series
+<a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0089568/" class="subtle">Max Headroom</a>.
+She was played by <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0005301/" class="subtle">Amanda Pays</a>.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="VP3"></a>
+<h1>Theora and VP3</h1>
+
+<a name="20"></a>
+<h2>Q. Is the Theora bitstream identical to VP3?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Yes and No. Theora is a superset of VP3, so VP3 streams (with minor
+syntactic modifications) can be made into Theora streams without
+recompression (but not vice versa).
+</p><p>
+Theora is based upon the VP3 codec designed by On2.
+However, in addition to the new featuers, some redundancy was removed
+from the bitstream, so even for VP3-compatible Theora streams, the
+binary packet formats are not identical.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="21"></a>
+<h2>Q. What can Theora do that VP3 couldn't do?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+The major change from VP3 to Theora is architectural. VP3, like most
+codecs of today, makes certain assumptions about the nature of the material
+it compresses. These assumptions take the form of fixed sets of numeric
+values, such as quantization matrices, which control how different
+frequency components of the signal are handled, and token frequency tables,
+which control the efficiency of post-transform lossless coding. In Theora,
+we have leveraged the intrinsic flexibility of the Ogg multimedia framework
+to allow the encoder to modify these values appropriately for the material.
+This simple, powerful approach has already been proven effective in Vorbis,
+and will allow for a longer cycle of encoder optimization without requiring
+client-side updates.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="22"></a>
+<h2>Q. How will I transition my old VP3 files to the new format?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Because Theora is a 'superset' of VP3, tools can easily be created that
+will allow VP3 files to be losslessly transcoded into Ogg Theora format
+with no loss in quality. An example tool is included with the reference
+implementation.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="23"></a>
+<h2>Q. Can I convert Ogg Theora files into VP3?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>Why would you want to do something like that? Are you nuts?</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="24"></a>
+<h2>Q. Isn't VP3 a patented technology?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Yes, some portions of the VP3 codec are covered by patents. However, the
+Xiph.org Foundation has negotiated an irrevocable free license to the VP3
+codec for any purpose imaginable on behalf of the public. It is legal to
+use VP3 in any way you see fit (unless, of course, you're doing something
+illegal with it in your particular jurisdiction). You are free to download
+VP3, use it free of charge, implement it in a for-sale product, implement
+it in a free product, make changes to the source and distribute those
+changes, or print the source code out and wallpaper your spare room with
+it.
+</p><p>
+For more information, check the VP3 Legal Terms on the SVN page.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="25"></a>
+<h2>Q. What if Xiph.org and On2 decide to break off their agreement?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Because Theora is an Open Source project, the source code will continue to
+be available and development will continue. Users will still be protected
+from the On2 patents.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="development"></a>
+<h1>Development </h1>
+
+<a name="30"></a>
+<h2>Q. When will it all be finished? Can I use it right now?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Theora alpha 4 is out and bitstream format was frozen in 2004. So, files
+produced by the alpha 3 and later reference encoder will be supported by
+all future decoders. It's completely ready to use today.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="31"></a>
+<h2>Q. What is an Alpha Release?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Typically when software is created at a software company, it goes
+through a number of stages before it's released out to the world. You've
+probably heard of 'beta-testing' before. That's when people take code
+that has been deemed 'not quite ready' and are testing it out so that
+the authors can fix bugs where necessary.
+</p><p>
+'Alpha' code is strictly for internal development only, which is to
+say, 'No one sees this code, it's not even close to being done yet.' At
+the Xiph.org Foundation, we release everything we do so that people can
+help us move the codebase forward by reporting bugs and submitting patches.
+So, even 'Alpha' code needs to get out to the world.
+</p><p>
+And like many open source projects, our 'alpha' code has in fact been
+very stable since the alpha 3 release and is ready for real use. We're
+still calling it alpha more to indicate that it's not feature complete,
+and that we reserve the right to change some things, not that it's
+buggy.
+</p><p>
+We encourage and depend on the open-source developer community to get
+involved early. We release Alpha builds to give these hearty souls a chance
+to see what's cooking, and perhaps to add some ingredients of their own. If
+you think you have the right stuff, please join the party at
+<a href="http://www.Theora.org/lists">www.Theora.org/lists</a>.
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="32"></a>
+<h2>Q. What is Tarkin?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Tarkin was essentially a proof-of-concept wavelet-based codec. Its
+experimental nature means it will not be ready for general use for some
+time. VP3 is a high-quality codec that can meet today's video needs now, so
+we are focusing our efforts on Theora for the moment.
+<p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="33"></a>
+<h2>Q. How can I help with development?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Head on over to the <a href="http://www.Theora.org/svn.html">SVN</a>
+ page to grab the codebase, and hack away! Post your contributions online,
+ and tell us about it on the <a href="http://www.Theora.org/lists.html">Theora-dev
+</a> mailing list.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="34"></a>
+<h2>Q. How will Ogg Theora interoperate with [insert your favorite media architecture]?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+As the Ogg Vorbis format has gained acceptance, components have become
+available to play Ogg files on practically all of the major media players.
+We expect a similar if not superior level of support for Ogg Theora.
+Developers wanted! (if you're interested, sign up for the
+Theora-codecs at xiph.org mailing list).
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="35"></a>
+<h2>Q. How can I donate to these amazing projects?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Wow, thanks! You can find more information on donating to the Xiph.org
+Foundation by following <a href="http://www.xiph.org/donate">
+this link</a>! Thanks in advance!
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="working"></a>
+<h1>Using Theora</h1>
+
+<a name="40"></a>
+<h2>Q. What players currently support Theora?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Major players like <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">mplayer</a>,
+<a href="http://www.xinehq.de/">xine</a>, <a
+href="http://www.helixcommunity.org">helix player</a> and <a
+href="http://www.videolan.org/">VideoLAN</a> supports Theora.
+Directshow <a href="http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/">filters</a>
+are also available for use on Windows platform.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="41"></a>
+<h2>Q. How can I encode videos to Theora?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>Have a look at <a
+href="http://www.dogphilosophy.net/SECTION-Technical_Stuff/ogg-theora-microhowto.html">
+ogg-theora-microhowto</a> and <a href="http://www.annodex.net/anx_theora.html">transcode
+</a>quicktime mov files to Theora files under Linux.
+You can use libogg, to wrap theora video with vorbis audio in Ogg
+file.
+</p>
+<p>A user-friendly way to convert .dv and .avi format video into Ogg Theora format is
+with ffmpeg2theora. It can be found at: <a href="http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/">
+http://www.v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/</a>
+</p>
+<p>The <a href="http://www.pitivi.org/">PiTiVi</a> video editor is
+another nice way to make Ogg Theora videos. Just drag your source
+into the timeline and export.</p>
+<p>A way to both stream and encode theora format video is with videolan (VLC).
+Example for streaming the video4linux device in ogg theora/vorbis:
+</p>
+<p><code>vlc v4l:/dev/video:input=3:norm=pal:size=384x288 --sout \
+'#transcode{vcodec=theora,vb=300,acodec=vorb,ab=96}:std{access=http,mux=ogg,url=server.example.org:8000}'</code>
+</p>
+<p>Or, replace <code>v4l:/dev/video:input=3:norm=pal:size=384x288</code>
+with a filename if you want to transcode.
+</p>
+For more on the vlc syntax, see:
+<a href="http://videolan.org/doc/videolan-howto/en/ch09.html">http://videolan.org/doc/videolan-howto/en/ch09.html</a>
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="42"></a>
+<h2>Q. Is there any way to use Theora on Microsoft Windows at this point?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+Yes, you can use your Theora files on windows using <a
+href="http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/">Directshow filters</a>. <a
+href="http://ffdshow.sourceforge.net/">FFdshow</a> also has support for Theora. You
+can also try <a href="http://www.videolan.org/">vlc</a>, realplayer <a
+href="https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7">
+Theora plugins</a> or <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">mplayer for windows</a>.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="misc"></a>
+<h1>Misc and Credits </h1>
+
+<a name="50"></a>
+<h2>Q. Who's in charge of Theora development?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+The Xiph.org Foundation is the primary developer of Theora, but this
+just means a group of volunteers; the process is open to anyone with
+good ideas who whats to contribute.
+</p><p>
+The VP3 codec that served as the base of
+Theora was written by a company called <a href="http://www.on2.com">On2 Technologies</a>.
+Who donated the source code to the Xiph.org Foundation in 2002.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<a name="53"></a>
+<h2>Q. Who maintains The Glorious Theora FAQ?</h2>
+<div class="answer">
+<p>
+No one person at the moment. Send changes to the list if it needs them. It
+was originally written by Emmett Plant and Dan Miller. his FAQ wouldn't be
+here at all without the work of Slammin' Stan Seibert, to whom we are
+eternally grateful. It has since been updated by a number of people.
+</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<!-- Close Content -->
+
+<!--#include virtual="/ssi/pagebottom.include" -->
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-
-<h1>Theora News</h1>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 August 20 - libtheora 1.0 alpha 5 release ]</h3>
-<p>We're pleased to announce a new release of the libtheora reference
-implemenation. This is an incremental update over alpha 4, to draw
-a line under recent work before we start adding optimization work.
-</p><p>
-<p>There are two important bugfixes as well, so we recommend upgrading
-to everyone. This release is source and binary compatible with
-1.0 alpha 4.</p>
-<blockquote>
-<a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.bz2">
-libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.bz2
-</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.gz">
-libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.gz
-</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha5.zip">
-libtheora-1.0alpha5.zip
-</a>
-</blockquote>
-<p>Changes since the 1.0 alpha 4 release:
-<ul>
- <li>Fixed bitrate management bugs that caused popping and encode
- errors.</li>
- <li>Fixed a crash problem with the theora_state internals not
- being intialized properly.</li>
- <li>new theora_granule_shift() utility function</li>
- <li>dump_video example now makes YUV4MPEG files by default, so
- the results can be fed back to encoder_example and similar
- tools. The old behavior is restored with the '-r' switch.</li>
- <li>./configure now prints a summary</li>
- <li>simple unit test of the comment api under 'make check'</li>
- <li>misc code cleanup, warning and leak fixes</li>
-</ul>
-</p>
-<p>Thanks to everyone who contributed!</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 June 5 - Cinelerra edits Theora ]</h3>
-
-<p>The <a href="http://cinelerra.org">Cinelerra</a> video editor
-which has supported encoding to theora for some time, recently got
-decode support as well. This means you can edit theora video clips
-in Cinelerra!</p>
-
-<p>Thanks to Andraz for adding this new feature.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 May 29 - Live streams of Guadec talks ]</h3>
-
-<p><a href="http://fluendo.com/">Fluendo</a> is again streaming
-all the talks from the <a href="http://2005.guadec.org">Guadec
-conference</a> this year in Ogg Theora format.</p>
-
-<p>Live <a href="http://stream.fluendo.com/guadec/">streams are
-available</a> and will be posted to the
-<a href="http://stream.fluendo.com/archive/6uadec/">archive</a>
-as they are available.</p>
-
-
-<h3>[ 2005 May 23 - systm episodes in Ogg Theora format ]</h3>
-
-<p><a href="http://www.kevinrose.com/">Kevin Rose</a> of <a
-href="http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/index.html">The Screen Savers</a>
-and G4 tech tv, is doing <a href="http://systm.org/">a new show</a> for
-direct internet distribution.
-The first episode is up and available in a number of formats, including
-Ogg Theora.</p>
-
-<p>Here is a <a
-href="http://www.prolexic.com/systm/systm--0001--warspyingbox--large.theora.ogg.torrent">torrent
-link</a> to the large format
-version.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 May 14 - Cinelerra adds export support for Ogg Theora ]</h3>
-
-<p>The latest CVS version of <a href="http://cinelerra.org/">Cinelerra</a>
-non-linear edit and compositing tool for Linux supports exporting
-video in Ogg Theora format.</p>
-<p>See <a href="http://cvs.cinelerra.org">cvs.cinelerra.org</a> to
-try out the code.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Apr 23 - Elphel Theora camera in Xcell magazine ]</h3>
-
-<p>Andrey Filippov has an
-<a href="http://xilinx.com/publications/xcellonline/xcell_53/xc_video53.htm">article</a>
-on his FPGA Theora encoder in <a
-href="http://xilinx.com/publications/xcellonline/">Xcell Journal</a>
-this month. While the earlier <a
-href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3888835064.html">article at LinuxDevices</a>
-focussed on the software, this one covers in more detail the hardware
-and use of the FPGA to achieve the elphel camera's remarkable encoding
-speed.</p>
-
-<p>Andrey and other hackers will be demonstrating the cameras at the <a
-href="http://www.opensource-forum.ru/">Open Source Forum</a> in Moscow
-next weekend.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Apr 17 - Ogg Theora decoder ported to C# ]</h3>
-
-<p><a href="http://www.ogre3d.org/">Ogre</a> developer pjcast has a C#
-port of the Ogg Theora decoder,
-based primarily on the <a href="http://www.jcraft.com/jorbis/">JOrbis</a>
-and <a href="http://www.flumotion.net/jar/cortado/">Cortado</a> java
-decoders.</p>
-
-<p>He reports both video and sound are working, and performance is
-pretty good. The decoder components should be usable under any of
-the C# frameworks, but the example playback application is still
-a bit rough and not portable outside MS Windows.</p>
-
-<p>A <a href="http://www.wreckedgames.com/ogg.zip">development
-snapshot</a> is available for those who would like to
-try out the code.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Mar 24 - Fedora Conference Video ]</h3>
-
-<p>Video from the <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon/">Fedora
-Users & Develper Conference</a> last month in Boston is up in Ogg Theora
-format. The files <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDConVideos">are
-available here</a>, or you can get a complete torrents of the
-<a href="http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FUDCon-devel-videos.torrent">Developer</a>
-and <a href="http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FUDCon-user-videos.torrent">User</a>
-tracks. Versions with only Ogg Vorbis audio are also linked.</p>
-
-<p>It's great to see stuff like this going up.</p>
-
-<p><strong>Update</strong> as of 20050405, the direct file links no
-longer work, but the torrent is still available.</p>
-
-<p>In related news, <a href="http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/">Seth
-Nickell</a> has video of the experimental
-<a href="http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/luminocity/">Luminocity</a> OpenGL
-compositing engine and window manager in Theora. <a
-href="http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/xshots">Video screenshots!</a>
-Quite cool.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Mar 23 - Elphel FPGA camera encodes Theora ]</h3>
-<p>
-Andrey Filippov <a
-href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3888835064.html">has an
-article</a> today on <a
-href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/">LinuxDevices</a> describing his open
-source hardware theora encoder, embedded in the reconfigurable network
-camera he designed, which is also open source. Now this is what
-computing should be like!</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Mar 22 - JRoar streaming server ]</h3>
-<p>
-The <a href="http://www.jcraft.com/jroar/">JRoar</a> streaming server
-now supports Ogg Theora. Has for a while actually, but then have a
-nice set of <a href="http://jroar.jcraft.com:8800/">test streams</a>
-up.
-</p><p>
-JRoar is a pure Java Ogg streaming server from the folks at <a
-href="http://www.jcraft.com/">JCraft</a>. I can serve static files,
-mirror external streams, or serve a source stream from a number of
-clients. It can also serve the
-<a href="http://www.jcraft.com/jorbis/">JOrbis</a> Ogg Vorbis player
-directly, for a pure-url playback experience.
-</p><p>
-Thanks to the JRoar team for putting up such a nice demo of theora.
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Jan 21 - Katiuska 0.7 for KDE released ]</h3>
-<p>
-Katiuska can now rip dvds by simply selecting subtitle and
-audio language + audio and video quality. Katiuska
-also allows you to transcode any video file to
-oggtheora.
-</p>
-<p>
-Requires:<br>
-KDE with kommander1.1development2 <br>
-mplayer <br>
-lsdvd
-</p>
-<p>
-Get it here: <br>
-<a href="http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831">http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831</a>
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Jan 13 - Thoggen 0.2 released ]</h3>
-<p>
-Thoggen is a DVD backup utility ('DVD ripper') for Linux, based on Gtk+ and
-GStreamer. It creates ogg/theora video files and features an extremely easy
-and intuitively to use interface. Thoggen supports picture cropping and
-resizing.
-</p>
-<p>
-Get Thoggen 0.2 from: <br>
-<a href="http://thoggen.net/download/">http://thoggen.net/download/</a>
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2005 Jan 3 - GeeXBox live CD supports theora playback ]</h3>
-<p>
-The <a href="http://geexbox.org/">GeeXboX</a> bootable CD media
-player/linux distribution now supports Ogg Theora playback. Thanks guys!
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Dec 24 - Cortado 0.1.0 released ]</h3>
-<p>
-Fluendo announces the <a href="http://www.flumotion.net/src/cortado/cortado-0.1.0.tar.gz">first public release of Cortado</a>, a java-based media player applet.
-Since it's a first release, building it might still be rough around the edges,
-but should be possible using at least Jikes with GCJ classpath libraries, or the Sun compiler.
-You can also download <a href="http://www.flumotion.net/jar/cortado/">built .jar files</a> of this release.
-</p>
-<p>
-Visit <a href="http://mirror.fluendo.com/">Fluendo zoo</a> to have a look at cortado in action.<br />
-Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Fluendo !
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Dec 15 - libtheora 1.0 alpha 4 release ]</h3>
-<p>We're pleased to announce a new release of the libtheora reference
-implemenation. This is an incremental update over alpha 3, in support
-of <a href="http://icecast.org/">Icecast's</a> use of some new utility
-calls to provide theora streaming support.</p>
-<blockquote>
-<a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.bz2">
- libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.bz2
-</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.gz">
- libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.gz
-</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha4.zip">
- libtheora-1.0alpha4.zip
-</a>
-</blockquote>
-<p>Changes since the alpha3 release:
-<ul>
- <li>first draft of the Theora I Format Specification</li>
- <li>API documentation generated from theora.h with Doxygen</li>
- <li>fix a double-update bug in the motion analysis</li>
- <li>apply the loop filter before filling motion vector border
- in the reference frame</li>
- <li>new utility functions:
- <tt>theora_packet_isheader(),</tt>
- <tt>theora_packet_iskeyframe()</tt>, and
- <tt>theora_granule_frame()</tt></li>
- <li>optional support for building without floating point</li>
- <li>optional support for building without encode support</li>
- <li>various build and packaging fixes</li>
- <li>pkg-config support</li>
- <li>SymbianOS build support</li>
-</ul>
-</p>
-<p>We still plan to make incompatible api changes before the first beta
-release, but this new alpha provides a stable base including all the
-work that has happened up to those changes.</p>
-<p>Thanks to everyone who contributed!</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Dec 11 - Theora support in LiVES ]</h3>
-<p>Theora is now fully supported in LiVES is a Video Editing System (LiVES), as of version 0.9.1.
-If you are interested in having a nice, user friendly interface for
-testing out theora, then download LiVES and try it.<br>
-<a href="http://lives.sourceforge.net"> (http://lives.sourceforge.net)</a></p>
-
-<p>The encoder plugin for theora is written in Python and can be found here:
-<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/lives/lives-plugins/marcos-encoders/theora_encoder.py"> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/lives/lives-plugins/marcos-encoders/theora_encoder.py</a></p>
-
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Dec 6 - Fluendo funds RTP streaming of Theora and Vorbis ]</h3>
-<p>Streaming media startup <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/">Fluendo.com</a>
-announced today they will be funding a spec and reference implementation
-for encapsulation of Theora video and Vorbis audio over the RTP streaming
-protocol, important for multicast, digital broadcast, and conferencing
-applications.</p>
-<p>A <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/press/releases/PR-2004-03.html">press
-release</a> was issued this morning.</p>
-<p>While HTTP streaming of Ogg-encapsulated multimedia has been supported
-for most of the history of our free codecs, RTP support is an oft-requested
-feature that we've never had a good solution for. We're very happy to
-see Fluendo driving this new work.</p>
-<p>Phil Kerr will be managing the developement of the new drafts. The
-development process is open, with discussion taking place in the new
-<a href="http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/xiph-rtp">xiph-rtp</a>
-mailing list. Please join if you're interested in these issues.
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Nov 21 - Theora encoder, Katiuska 0.6.1, released ]</h3>
-<p>Katiuska is a theora encoder frontend that runs on KDE. It uses ffmpeg2theora, mencoder,
-the encoder_example that comes with the theora libs and a little gpl bash script. It can
-encode mostly any kind of video that ffmpeg and mencoder can (avi, mpeg4 and 2, quicktime etc).</p>
-<p>On a KDE system, first install libtheora (see navigation links to the left).</p>
-<p>Make sure Kommander is installed: <br>
-<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kommander/kommander-executor-1.1devel2.tar.bz2?download">
-http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kommander/kommander-executor-1.1devel2.tar.bz2?download</a></p>
-<p>Then download Katiuska, and install it by unpacking it, change to the katiuska directory, use "su" to
-login as root, and then enter the command "./setup.sh". Katiuska can be downloaded from: <br>
-<a href="http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831">http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831</a>
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Nov 20 - Windows installer for RealPlayer plugins ]</h3>
-<p>A Windows installer for version 0.5 of the Helix Theora &
-Vorbis plugins for RealPlayer 10/10.5 and RealOne Player has been released. There are no code
-changes from the 0.5 zip file that was posted earlier. This just replaces the
-zip file with an installer. You can get the installer at:</p>
-<a href="https://helixcommunity.org/download.php/713/xiphplins_win32_0_5.exe">
-https://helixcommunity.org/download.php/713/xiphplins_win32_0_5.exe</a>
-<br>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Nov 11 - Flumotion streaming media server updated ]</h3>
-<p>Flumotion 0.1.3, <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/">Fluendo</a>'s
-streaming media server based on Theora, was
-released today.</p>
-<p>It is available from <a
-href="http://www.fluendo.com/downloads">http://www.fluendo.com/downloads</a>.</p>
-<p>Packages for FC3 are available from the GStreamer repository.</p>
-<p><i>This release features a lot of end-user polishing
-based on the feedback from our brave testers. If something didn't work
-in a previous release, please try this one and give us some
-feedback.</i></p>
-
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Oct 30 - new Theora and Vorbis plugins for RealPlayer 10 ]</h3>
-<p>New versions of the Helix Theora and Vorbis plugins are now available for
-RealPlayer 10. The major feature of this release is adding chaining support.</p>
-The new plugins can be downloaded at: <br>
-<a href="https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7&release_id=361">
-https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7&release_id=361</a>
-<br>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Oct 29 - Kino 0.7.4 exports in Ogg Theora format ]</h3>
-<p>Kino, an actively developed non-linear video editing program for Linux, now supports the export of video in
-Ogg Theora format.</p>
-The Kino website is at: <a href="http://kino.schirmacher.de/">http://kino.schirmacher.de/</a>
-<br>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Oct 20 - Flumotion streaming media server ]</h3>
-<p>The first release for public consumption of Fluendo's Flumotion streaming media server
-is available.</p>
-<p>Yes, there will be bugs. Feel free to report them. But there are also
-lots of cool features, for which Fluendo owes a debt of gratitude to both the
-GStreamer and Twisted developers.</p>
-The Fluendo website is at: <a href="http://www.fluendo.com">http://www.fluendo.com</a> <br>
-The development site is at <a href="https://core.fluendo.com/trac/cgi-bin/trac.cgi">
-https://core.fluendo.com/trac/cgi-bin/trac.cgi</a> <br>
-The tarball is at: <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/downloads/flumotion-0.1.0.tar.bz2">
-http://www.fluendo.com/downloads/flumotion-0.1.0.tar.bz2</a>
-<br>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Sept 30 - Fluendo test stream ]</h3>
-<p>Fluendo has posted a stable test stream for those wanting to try
-theora's network aspect. It's mostly just a webcam of their office,
-and often rather dull at night (or when the power is out) but it's nice
-to have something that's generally available for testing. Thanks,
-Fluendo!</p>
-<p>The stream url is
-<a
-href="http://mirror.fluendo.com:8800/">http://mirror.fluendo.com:8800/</a>,
-or click <a href="fluendo-theoratest.pls">here</a> to open the stream in
-your player application.
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Sept 28 - v2v posts theora content ]</h3>
-<p>Florian Schneider has posted video from the <a
-href="http://neuro.kein.org/">neuro</a> conference this past February in
-Munich, all in theora format. This includes a <a
-href="http://papaja.kein.org/download/v2v_neuro-img.ogg.torrent">panel
-discussion</a> with Enno Patalas, revered film preservationist; Brian
-Holmes; Sebastian Lütgert; and Ralph Giles, one of the theora
-developers. General documentation of the conference and its other
-sessions is available <a
-href="http://eu.d-a-s-h.org/neurodoc">here</a>.</p>
-<p>Florian has also posted versions of a programme he produced for the
-German French tv station arte. Torrents for <a
-href="http://papaja.kein.org/download/v2v_wastun-unorg.ogg.torrent">unorg</a>
-and <a
-href="http://papaja.kein.org/download/v2v_wastun-world.ogg.torrent">world</a>
-are available.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Sept 11 - interview with Fluendo CEO, Julien Moutte ]</h3>
-<p>OSNews has an in inteview with Julien Moutte discussing upcoming
-products and services based
-on Ogg Theora, including a java version of the Theora client that
-will allow viewing of Ogg Theora format video inside web browsing windows. <br>
-<a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8218">http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8218</a>
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Aug 28 - kfile_theora 0.2 announced ]</h3>
-
-<p>kfile_theora is a KDE kfile plugin that will display infos about ogg theora video files in konqueror & meta data dialog.<br>
- Currently gives info about size, length, quality and some audio settings.<br>
- Requires libogg, libvorbis and libtheora.
- </p>
- <p>For more information, please go to:<br>
- <a href="http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=15553">http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=15553</a>
- </p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Aug 25 - Richard Stallman on software patents ]</h3>
-
-<p>Videos in Ogg Theora format of Richard Stallman of
-FSF + Christian Engström and Marco Schulze of FFII visiting the
-Estonian Information Technology College, and
-talking about the danger of patenting software have been put on the net.</p>
-
-<p>General info:<br>
-<a href="http://kwiki.ffii.org/Tallinn040722En">http://kwiki.ffii.org/Tallinn040722En</a><br>
-<a href="http://www.itcollege.ee/koostoo/avalikudloengudarhiiv.php">http://www.itcollege.ee/koostoo/avalikudloengudarhiiv.php</a></p>
-
-<p>Videos themselves:<br>
-<a href="http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_1.ogg">http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_1.ogg</a><br />
-<a href="http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_2.ogg">http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_2.ogg</a></p>
-
-<p>Mirror:<br>
-<a href="http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_1.ogg">http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_1.ogg</a><br>
-<a href="http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_2.ogg">http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_2.ogg</a></p>
-
-<p>Videos are encoded as described in ogg-theora-microhowto. They are half of the
-original size, and qualities are Vorbis: 2/10 and Theora: 4/10.</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Aug 21 - aKademy broadcast in theora ]</h3>
-
-<p>Streaming startup <a href="http://fluendo.com/">fluendo.com</a> is doing it again.<br />
-This time live from the <a href="http://conference2004.kde.org/">KDE World summit</a> in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
-</p>
-<p>During the conference, the live streams are available from <a href="http://streamingserver.akademy.kde.org/">http://streamingserver.akademy.kde.org/</a> along with viewer suggestions.<br />
-Archives are available at <a href="http://ktown.kde.org/akademy/">http://ktown.kde.org/akademy/</a>
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Jun 29 - Guadec broadcast in theora ]</h3>
-
-<p>Streaming startup <a href="http://fluendo.com/">fluendo.com</a> has
-been demonstrating their encoding and server application at <a
-href="http://guadec.org/">GUADEC</a> this year, broadcasting the
-presentations <strong>live in theora</strong>. This is a great
-demonstration of open media technology. Congratulations to fluendo and a
-big thanks to everyone who made this possible!</p>
-<p>During the conference, the live streams are available from
-<a href="http://stream1.hia.no/">http://stream1.hia.no/</a> along with
-viewer suggestions. Archives are available at the same url if you
-missed something.</p>
-<p>What a change a year makes. Last year, we were very sad to see <a
-href="2003.guadec.org">GU4DEC 2003</a> broadcasting the talks in
-the proprietary RealVideo format. Now, not only are the talks in a free
-video format, but you can <a
-href="https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7">use
-RealPlayer</a> to watch them!</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Jun 15 - Creative Commons videos ]</h3>
-
-<p>
-In honor of our slashdotting, we've made torrents available for
-<a href="torrents/cc-theora-small.torrent">small</a> and
-<a href="torrents/cc-theora-large.torrent">large</a> versions of
-the top three winning promotion videos for the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative
-Commons</a> licenses, encoded in theora. Free content in a free format.
-</p><p>
-We also have a feature film, <a href="http://fourthwall.creativecommons.org/">David Ball's</a>
-edgy relationship drama <a
-href="http://fourthwall.creativecommons.org/honey/"><em>Honey</em></a>.
-You can download both <a href="torrents/Honey-small.torrent">small</a> and
-<a href="torrents/Honey-large.torrent">large</a> versions via bittorrent.
-These are distributed under an <a
-href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/">Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial</a>
-license.
-</p><p>
-Share and enjoy!
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Jun 1 - Theora I bitstream freeze ]</h3>
-
-<p>
-Big news. The Theora I bitstream format is now frozen! This means it's safe
-to start distributing videos in the theora format.
-</p><p>
-<em>Files produced by the alpha 3 reference encoder will be supported by
-all future decoders</em>.
-</p><p>
-Beta 1 was going to be the official freeze point, but was delayed by
-continuing work on the draft specification document; however
-we have reviewed enough of the design in writing the spec that we no
-longer need to reserve the right to make corrections to
-the encoder behavior.
-</p><p>
-So go ahead, there's no reason to delay adopting a free alternative any more!
-</p>
-<h3>[ 2004 Mar 20 - Theora alpha 3 release ]</h3>
-<p>
-We're pleased to announce the alpha 3 release of the theora reference
-implementation.</p>
-<blockquote>
-<a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.bz2">
- http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.bz2
-</a><br><a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.gz">
- http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.gz
-</a><br><a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.zip">
- http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.zip</a>
-</blockquote>
-<p>
-The main differences over alpha 2:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li> The encoded image has been flipped to match the sense used in VP3,
- with the origin at the lower left. This allows lossless transcoding
- of VP3 content.
-</li>
-<li> The decoder data tables included in the bitstream header are more
- complete and have more scope for future encoder improvements.
-</li>
-<li> Some experimental tools are available in the win32 directory,
- including a transcoder for avi vp3 files.
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>
-We hope there were be no more incompatible bitstream changes, but as
-with previous alpha releases we make no promises that the format will
-not change again.
-</p><p>
-Experimental playback support is now available (separately) for
-Helix/Realplayer 10, Xine and mplayer; you might look at those if you
-want a more full-featured player. Be sure to use an alpha-3 compatible
-version.
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ 2004 Mar 20 - source now in subversion ]</h3>
-
-<p>
-We've switched our version control system to <a
-href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>
-from cvs, along with all the other Xiph.org projects.
-</p><p>
-Please make a fresh checkout if you're following the
-development tree:</p>
-<blockquote>
-<tt>svn checkout http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/theora</tt>
-</blockquote>
-<p>
-as cvs is no longer updated. You can also mount the
-dav url directly on your desktop for read-only access.
-</p>
-<p>
-See our <a href="svn.html">instruction page</a> for details.
-You can find more information about this great new tool at
-<a href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/">definitive reference book's</a>
-website.
-</p>
-<h3>[ 2004 Jan 26 - status update ]</h3>
-<p>
-There hasn't been much progress of late. Derf has been working on a new encoder, and in doing so
-came up with some suggested bitstreams changes to increase the scope for future encoder
-improvements. These will be integrated into the reference encoder and released as 'alpha 3' for
-testing.
-<p>
-The main hold-up for the beta release is still a draft spec. Everyone's waiting for this because
-it means the format will be frozen and encoded files will be supported by future versions of the
-reference implementation. So if you want to help things along pull out the code and help with the
-documentation, or donate something to help pay for the work.
-<p>
-<div align="center"> <form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"
-method="post">
-<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
-<input type="hidden" name="business" value="donate at xiph.org">
-<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="theora donation">
-<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
-<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00">
-<input type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but04.gif"
-name="submit" alt="Make a donation via PayPal">
-</form>
-</div>
-<h3>[ June 9, 2003 - Theora alpha 2 release ]</h3>
-<p>
-The libtheora reference implementation has reached its 'alpha 2' milestone.
-A lot of bugs have been fixed and new features added, including all the
-planned changes to the bitsteams format.</p>
-<p>
-This is more of an internal milestone than a public release, but we are
-making a <a href="/files/libtheora-1.0alpha2.tar.gz">source tarball</a> available
-for convenience. Nevertheless we recommend using the <a href="svn.html">svn</a> version if possible. This release also requires svn libogg and libvorbis to compile; you might try the <a href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_svn.tgz">svn nightly tarball</a> if you don't
-already have these checked out. You will need to build and install the 'ogg' and 'vorbis' modules.
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ May 8, 2003 - VP3 Legacy Codec binaries ]</h3>
-<p>
-Mauricio Piacentini has been maintaining the original VP32 sources upon which theora is
-based. He's pooling his efforts with Xiph a bit and has decided to keep his work in xiph.org
-svn, in the 'vp32' module where the code was originally released. We hope this will help
-concentrate efforts related to theora and bring additional focus to both projects.
-<p>
-He is also making his binary builds for Quicktime 6 and Video for Windows available on
-this site. Please visit the <a href="http://people.xiph.org/~mauricio/">legacy VP3 page</a>
-for file links and complete information.
-</p>
-
-<h3>[ May 7, 2003 - Status update ]</h3>
-<p>
-Things have been slow for some time, so we just wanted to say what's been happening.
-Monty's been busy with unrelated contract work since finishing the zero-copy libogg,
-and no one has stepped up to act as maintainer in the meantime. We've been working
-on a <a href="http://wiki.xiph.org/TheoraTodo">wiki todo</a> for theora and for
-<a href="http://wiki.xiph.org/">xiph generally</a>. So feel free to look (and contribute)
-there.
-</p>
-<h3>[ January 13th, 2003 - Test Suite ]</h3>
-<p>
-We've posted a <a href="http://www.theora.org/test/test.zip">test suite</a> for your encoding pleasure.
-Feel free to post comments and questions to the Theora
-<a href="http://www.theora.org/lists.html">mailing lists.</a>
-</p>
-<h3>[ December 16th, 2002 - Robot Roll Call ]</h3>
-<p>
-The first part of Theora Alpha Two, the delicious Video Layer FAQ is now
-available on the <a href="http://www.theora.org/theorafaq.html">FAQ</a>
-page, written by Dan Miller. The second part is libogg hacking, the
-results of which will be posted just a little after December 27th. Alpha
-Two is really more of an informational release than a big downloadable
-install-fest, so don't fire up the testbeds just yet.
-<p>
-Welcome to theora.org, the official website for Ogg Theora, a video
-codec and integration project maintained and supported by the <a
-href="http://www.xiph.org">Xiph.org Foundation</a> for the benefit of
-all humankind.
-<p>
-What is Theora? Theora will be a video codec that builds upon On2's VP3
-codec. While <a href="http://www.vorbis.com">Ogg Vorbis</a> has reached
-1.0, Theora is currently being integrated into the Ogg multimedia framework, as well as being optimized
-from the VP3 codebase at its heart.
-<p>
-Theora will be released in June of 2003, with three major milestones, the
-first being released today, September 25th, 2002. Today's piece is
-available for download in the 'theora' module of the Xiph.org <a
-href="http://www.theora.org/svn.html">SVN</a> repository, as
-well as a UNIX tarball available <a
-href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/download/theora_svn_snapshot.tgz">here</a>.
-<p>
-There's a lot of useful information under the hood, so please have a
-look around by using the navigation links at the top of the page. If
-there's anything you think that we need on this page, please <a
-href="http://www.theora.org/contact.html">contact us</a> and let us
-know what you'd like to
-see.
-<p>
-For the legal terms on the usage of the VP3 codec, please check out the
-<a href="http://www.theora.org/svn.html">SVN</a> page. If you would like
-to help sponsor the development of Theora and other open technologies from
-the Xiph.org Foundation, please consider a donation! More information is
-available at <a
-href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/donate.html">this link</a>.
-<p>
-Thanks for stopping by, and happy hacking!
-</p>
-
-</div>
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+<h1>Theora News</h1>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 August 20 - libtheora 1.0 alpha 5 release ]</h3>
+<p>We're pleased to announce a new release of the libtheora reference
+implemenation. This is an incremental update over alpha 4, to draw
+a line under recent work before we start adding optimization work.
+</p><p>
+<p>There are two important bugfixes as well, so we recommend upgrading
+to everyone. This release is source and binary compatible with
+1.0 alpha 4.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.bz2">
+libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.bz2
+</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.gz">
+libtheora-1.0alpha5.tar.gz
+</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha5.zip">
+libtheora-1.0alpha5.zip
+</a>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Changes since the 1.0 alpha 4 release:
+<ul>
+ <li>Fixed bitrate management bugs that caused popping and encode
+ errors.</li>
+ <li>Fixed a crash problem with the theora_state internals not
+ being intialized properly.</li>
+ <li>new theora_granule_shift() utility function</li>
+ <li>dump_video example now makes YUV4MPEG files by default, so
+ the results can be fed back to encoder_example and similar
+ tools. The old behavior is restored with the '-r' switch.</li>
+ <li>./configure now prints a summary</li>
+ <li>simple unit test of the comment api under 'make check'</li>
+ <li>misc code cleanup, warning and leak fixes</li>
+</ul>
+</p>
+<p>Thanks to everyone who contributed!</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 June 5 - Cinelerra edits Theora ]</h3>
+
+<p>The <a href="http://cinelerra.org">Cinelerra</a> video editor
+which has supported encoding to theora for some time, recently got
+decode support as well. This means you can edit theora video clips
+in Cinelerra!</p>
+
+<p>Thanks to Andraz for adding this new feature.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 May 29 - Live streams of Guadec talks ]</h3>
+
+<p><a href="http://fluendo.com/">Fluendo</a> is again streaming
+all the talks from the <a href="http://2005.guadec.org">Guadec
+conference</a> this year in Ogg Theora format.</p>
+
+<p>Live <a href="http://stream.fluendo.com/guadec/">streams are
+available</a> and will be posted to the
+<a href="http://stream.fluendo.com/archive/6uadec/">archive</a>
+as they are available.</p>
+
+
+<h3>[ 2005 May 23 - systm episodes in Ogg Theora format ]</h3>
+
+<p><a href="http://www.kevinrose.com/">Kevin Rose</a> of <a
+href="http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/index.html">The Screen Savers</a>
+and G4 tech tv, is doing <a href="http://systm.org/">a new show</a> for
+direct internet distribution.
+The first episode is up and available in a number of formats, including
+Ogg Theora.</p>
+
+<p>Here is a <a
+href="http://www.prolexic.com/systm/systm--0001--warspyingbox--large.theora.ogg.torrent">torrent
+link</a> to the large format
+version.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 May 14 - Cinelerra adds export support for Ogg Theora ]</h3>
+
+<p>The latest CVS version of <a href="http://cinelerra.org/">Cinelerra</a>
+non-linear edit and compositing tool for Linux supports exporting
+video in Ogg Theora format.</p>
+<p>See <a href="http://cvs.cinelerra.org">cvs.cinelerra.org</a> to
+try out the code.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Apr 23 - Elphel Theora camera in Xcell magazine ]</h3>
+
+<p>Andrey Filippov has an
+<a href="http://xilinx.com/publications/xcellonline/xcell_53/xc_video53.htm">article</a>
+on his FPGA Theora encoder in <a
+href="http://xilinx.com/publications/xcellonline/">Xcell Journal</a>
+this month. While the earlier <a
+href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3888835064.html">article at LinuxDevices</a>
+focussed on the software, this one covers in more detail the hardware
+and use of the FPGA to achieve the elphel camera's remarkable encoding
+speed.</p>
+
+<p>Andrey and other hackers will be demonstrating the cameras at the <a
+href="http://www.opensource-forum.ru/">Open Source Forum</a> in Moscow
+next weekend.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Apr 17 - Ogg Theora decoder ported to C# ]</h3>
+
+<p><a href="http://www.ogre3d.org/">Ogre</a> developer pjcast has a C#
+port of the Ogg Theora decoder,
+based primarily on the <a href="http://www.jcraft.com/jorbis/">JOrbis</a>
+and <a href="http://www.flumotion.net/jar/cortado/">Cortado</a> java
+decoders.</p>
+
+<p>He reports both video and sound are working, and performance is
+pretty good. The decoder components should be usable under any of
+the C# frameworks, but the example playback application is still
+a bit rough and not portable outside MS Windows.</p>
+
+<p>A <a href="http://www.wreckedgames.com/ogg.zip">development
+snapshot</a> is available for those who would like to
+try out the code.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Mar 24 - Fedora Conference Video ]</h3>
+
+<p>Video from the <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon/">Fedora
+Users & Develper Conference</a> last month in Boston is up in Ogg Theora
+format. The files <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDConVideos">are
+available here</a>, or you can get a complete torrents of the
+<a href="http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FUDCon-devel-videos.torrent">Developer</a>
+and <a href="http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FUDCon-user-videos.torrent">User</a>
+tracks. Versions with only Ogg Vorbis audio are also linked.</p>
+
+<p>It's great to see stuff like this going up.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Update</strong> as of 20050405, the direct file links no
+longer work, but the torrent is still available.</p>
+
+<p>In related news, <a href="http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/">Seth
+Nickell</a> has video of the experimental
+<a href="http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/luminocity/">Luminocity</a> OpenGL
+compositing engine and window manager in Theora. <a
+href="http://www.gnome.org/~seth/blog/xshots">Video screenshots!</a>
+Quite cool.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Mar 23 - Elphel FPGA camera encodes Theora ]</h3>
+<p>
+Andrey Filippov <a
+href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3888835064.html">has an
+article</a> today on <a
+href="http://www.linuxdevices.com/">LinuxDevices</a> describing his open
+source hardware theora encoder, embedded in the reconfigurable network
+camera he designed, which is also open source. Now this is what
+computing should be like!</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Mar 22 - JRoar streaming server ]</h3>
+<p>
+The <a href="http://www.jcraft.com/jroar/">JRoar</a> streaming server
+now supports Ogg Theora. Has for a while actually, but then have a
+nice set of <a href="http://jroar.jcraft.com:8800/">test streams</a>
+up.
+</p><p>
+JRoar is a pure Java Ogg streaming server from the folks at <a
+href="http://www.jcraft.com/">JCraft</a>. I can serve static files,
+mirror external streams, or serve a source stream from a number of
+clients. It can also serve the
+<a href="http://www.jcraft.com/jorbis/">JOrbis</a> Ogg Vorbis player
+directly, for a pure-url playback experience.
+</p><p>
+Thanks to the JRoar team for putting up such a nice demo of theora.
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Jan 21 - Katiuska 0.7 for KDE released ]</h3>
+<p>
+Katiuska can now rip dvds by simply selecting subtitle and
+audio language + audio and video quality. Katiuska
+also allows you to transcode any video file to
+oggtheora.
+</p>
+<p>
+Requires:<br>
+KDE with kommander1.1development2 <br>
+mplayer <br>
+lsdvd
+</p>
+<p>
+Get it here: <br>
+<a href="http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831">http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831</a>
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Jan 13 - Thoggen 0.2 released ]</h3>
+<p>
+Thoggen is a DVD backup utility ('DVD ripper') for Linux, based on Gtk+ and
+GStreamer. It creates ogg/theora video files and features an extremely easy
+and intuitively to use interface. Thoggen supports picture cropping and
+resizing.
+</p>
+<p>
+Get Thoggen 0.2 from: <br>
+<a href="http://thoggen.net/download/">http://thoggen.net/download/</a>
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2005 Jan 3 - GeeXBox live CD supports theora playback ]</h3>
+<p>
+The <a href="http://geexbox.org/">GeeXboX</a> bootable CD media
+player/linux distribution now supports Ogg Theora playback. Thanks guys!
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Dec 24 - Cortado 0.1.0 released ]</h3>
+<p>
+Fluendo announces the <a href="http://www.flumotion.net/src/cortado/cortado-0.1.0.tar.gz">first public release of Cortado</a>, a java-based media player applet.
+Since it's a first release, building it might still be rough around the edges,
+but should be possible using at least Jikes with GCJ classpath libraries, or the Sun compiler.
+You can also download <a href="http://www.flumotion.net/jar/cortado/">built .jar files</a> of this release.
+</p>
+<p>
+Visit <a href="http://mirror.fluendo.com/">Fluendo zoo</a> to have a look at cortado in action.<br />
+Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Fluendo !
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Dec 15 - libtheora 1.0 alpha 4 release ]</h3>
+<p>We're pleased to announce a new release of the libtheora reference
+implemenation. This is an incremental update over alpha 3, in support
+of <a href="http://icecast.org/">Icecast's</a> use of some new utility
+calls to provide theora streaming support.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.bz2">
+ libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.bz2
+</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.gz">
+ libtheora-1.0alpha4.tar.gz
+</a><br><a href="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.0alpha4.zip">
+ libtheora-1.0alpha4.zip
+</a>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Changes since the alpha3 release:
+<ul>
+ <li>first draft of the Theora I Format Specification</li>
+ <li>API documentation generated from theora.h with Doxygen</li>
+ <li>fix a double-update bug in the motion analysis</li>
+ <li>apply the loop filter before filling motion vector border
+ in the reference frame</li>
+ <li>new utility functions:
+ <tt>theora_packet_isheader(),</tt>
+ <tt>theora_packet_iskeyframe()</tt>, and
+ <tt>theora_granule_frame()</tt></li>
+ <li>optional support for building without floating point</li>
+ <li>optional support for building without encode support</li>
+ <li>various build and packaging fixes</li>
+ <li>pkg-config support</li>
+ <li>SymbianOS build support</li>
+</ul>
+</p>
+<p>We still plan to make incompatible api changes before the first beta
+release, but this new alpha provides a stable base including all the
+work that has happened up to those changes.</p>
+<p>Thanks to everyone who contributed!</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Dec 11 - Theora support in LiVES ]</h3>
+<p>Theora is now fully supported in LiVES is a Video Editing System (LiVES), as of version 0.9.1.
+If you are interested in having a nice, user friendly interface for
+testing out theora, then download LiVES and try it.<br>
+<a href="http://lives.sourceforge.net"> (http://lives.sourceforge.net)</a></p>
+
+<p>The encoder plugin for theora is written in Python and can be found here:
+<a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/lives/lives-plugins/marcos-encoders/theora_encoder.py"> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/lives/lives-plugins/marcos-encoders/theora_encoder.py</a></p>
+
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Dec 6 - Fluendo funds RTP streaming of Theora and Vorbis ]</h3>
+<p>Streaming media startup <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/">Fluendo.com</a>
+announced today they will be funding a spec and reference implementation
+for encapsulation of Theora video and Vorbis audio over the RTP streaming
+protocol, important for multicast, digital broadcast, and conferencing
+applications.</p>
+<p>A <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/press/releases/PR-2004-03.html">press
+release</a> was issued this morning.</p>
+<p>While HTTP streaming of Ogg-encapsulated multimedia has been supported
+for most of the history of our free codecs, RTP support is an oft-requested
+feature that we've never had a good solution for. We're very happy to
+see Fluendo driving this new work.</p>
+<p>Phil Kerr will be managing the developement of the new drafts. The
+development process is open, with discussion taking place in the new
+<a href="http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/xiph-rtp">xiph-rtp</a>
+mailing list. Please join if you're interested in these issues.
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Nov 21 - Theora encoder, Katiuska 0.6.1, released ]</h3>
+<p>Katiuska is a theora encoder frontend that runs on KDE. It uses ffmpeg2theora, mencoder,
+the encoder_example that comes with the theora libs and a little gpl bash script. It can
+encode mostly any kind of video that ffmpeg and mencoder can (avi, mpeg4 and 2, quicktime etc).</p>
+<p>On a KDE system, first install libtheora (see navigation links to the left).</p>
+<p>Make sure Kommander is installed: <br>
+<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kommander/kommander-executor-1.1devel2.tar.bz2?download">
+http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kommander/kommander-executor-1.1devel2.tar.bz2?download</a></p>
+<p>Then download Katiuska, and install it by unpacking it, change to the katiuska directory, use "su" to
+login as root, and then enter the command "./setup.sh". Katiuska can be downloaded from: <br>
+<a href="http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831">http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=17831</a>
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Nov 20 - Windows installer for RealPlayer plugins ]</h3>
+<p>A Windows installer for version 0.5 of the Helix Theora &
+Vorbis plugins for RealPlayer 10/10.5 and RealOne Player has been released. There are no code
+changes from the 0.5 zip file that was posted earlier. This just replaces the
+zip file with an installer. You can get the installer at:</p>
+<a href="https://helixcommunity.org/download.php/713/xiphplins_win32_0_5.exe">
+https://helixcommunity.org/download.php/713/xiphplins_win32_0_5.exe</a>
+<br>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Nov 11 - Flumotion streaming media server updated ]</h3>
+<p>Flumotion 0.1.3, <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/">Fluendo</a>'s
+streaming media server based on Theora, was
+released today.</p>
+<p>It is available from <a
+href="http://www.fluendo.com/downloads">http://www.fluendo.com/downloads</a>.</p>
+<p>Packages for FC3 are available from the GStreamer repository.</p>
+<p><i>This release features a lot of end-user polishing
+based on the feedback from our brave testers. If something didn't work
+in a previous release, please try this one and give us some
+feedback.</i></p>
+
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Oct 30 - new Theora and Vorbis plugins for RealPlayer 10 ]</h3>
+<p>New versions of the Helix Theora and Vorbis plugins are now available for
+RealPlayer 10. The major feature of this release is adding chaining support.</p>
+The new plugins can be downloaded at: <br>
+<a href="https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7&release_id=361">
+https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7&release_id=361</a>
+<br>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Oct 29 - Kino 0.7.4 exports in Ogg Theora format ]</h3>
+<p>Kino, an actively developed non-linear video editing program for Linux, now supports the export of video in
+Ogg Theora format.</p>
+The Kino website is at: <a href="http://kino.schirmacher.de/">http://kino.schirmacher.de/</a>
+<br>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Oct 20 - Flumotion streaming media server ]</h3>
+<p>The first release for public consumption of Fluendo's Flumotion streaming media server
+is available.</p>
+<p>Yes, there will be bugs. Feel free to report them. But there are also
+lots of cool features, for which Fluendo owes a debt of gratitude to both the
+GStreamer and Twisted developers.</p>
+The Fluendo website is at: <a href="http://www.fluendo.com">http://www.fluendo.com</a> <br>
+The development site is at <a href="https://core.fluendo.com/trac/cgi-bin/trac.cgi">
+https://core.fluendo.com/trac/cgi-bin/trac.cgi</a> <br>
+The tarball is at: <a href="http://www.fluendo.com/downloads/flumotion-0.1.0.tar.bz2">
+http://www.fluendo.com/downloads/flumotion-0.1.0.tar.bz2</a>
+<br>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Sept 30 - Fluendo test stream ]</h3>
+<p>Fluendo has posted a stable test stream for those wanting to try
+theora's network aspect. It's mostly just a webcam of their office,
+and often rather dull at night (or when the power is out) but it's nice
+to have something that's generally available for testing. Thanks,
+Fluendo!</p>
+<p>The stream url is
+<a
+href="http://mirror.fluendo.com:8800/">http://mirror.fluendo.com:8800/</a>,
+or click <a href="fluendo-theoratest.pls">here</a> to open the stream in
+your player application.
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Sept 28 - v2v posts theora content ]</h3>
+<p>Florian Schneider has posted video from the <a
+href="http://neuro.kein.org/">neuro</a> conference this past February in
+Munich, all in theora format. This includes a <a
+href="http://papaja.kein.org/download/v2v_neuro-img.ogg.torrent">panel
+discussion</a> with Enno Patalas, revered film preservationist; Brian
+Holmes; Sebastian Lütgert; and Ralph Giles, one of the theora
+developers. General documentation of the conference and its other
+sessions is available <a
+href="http://eu.d-a-s-h.org/neurodoc">here</a>.</p>
+<p>Florian has also posted versions of a programme he produced for the
+German French tv station arte. Torrents for <a
+href="http://papaja.kein.org/download/v2v_wastun-unorg.ogg.torrent">unorg</a>
+and <a
+href="http://papaja.kein.org/download/v2v_wastun-world.ogg.torrent">world</a>
+are available.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Sept 11 - interview with Fluendo CEO, Julien Moutte ]</h3>
+<p>OSNews has an in inteview with Julien Moutte discussing upcoming
+products and services based
+on Ogg Theora, including a java version of the Theora client that
+will allow viewing of Ogg Theora format video inside web browsing windows. <br>
+<a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8218">http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8218</a>
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Aug 28 - kfile_theora 0.2 announced ]</h3>
+
+<p>kfile_theora is a KDE kfile plugin that will display infos about ogg theora video files in konqueror & meta data dialog.<br>
+ Currently gives info about size, length, quality and some audio settings.<br>
+ Requires libogg, libvorbis and libtheora.
+ </p>
+ <p>For more information, please go to:<br>
+ <a href="http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=15553">http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=15553</a>
+ </p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Aug 25 - Richard Stallman on software patents ]</h3>
+
+<p>Videos in Ogg Theora format of Richard Stallman of
+FSF + Christian Engström and Marco Schulze of FFII visiting the
+Estonian Information Technology College, and
+talking about the danger of patenting software have been put on the net.</p>
+
+<p>General info:<br>
+<a href="http://kwiki.ffii.org/Tallinn040722En">http://kwiki.ffii.org/Tallinn040722En</a><br>
+<a href="http://www.itcollege.ee/koostoo/avalikudloengudarhiiv.php">http://www.itcollege.ee/koostoo/avalikudloengudarhiiv.php</a></p>
+
+<p>Videos themselves:<br>
+<a href="http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_1.ogg">http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_1.ogg</a><br />
+<a href="http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_2.ogg">http://www.itcollege.ee/dl/OGG/avaloeng10_2.ogg</a></p>
+
+<p>Mirror:<br>
+<a href="http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_1.ogg">http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_1.ogg</a><br>
+<a href="http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_2.ogg">http://www.nightlabs.de/anti_swpat/BalticTour/040722/avaloeng10_2.ogg</a></p>
+
+<p>Videos are encoded as described in ogg-theora-microhowto. They are half of the
+original size, and qualities are Vorbis: 2/10 and Theora: 4/10.</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Aug 21 - aKademy broadcast in theora ]</h3>
+
+<p>Streaming startup <a href="http://fluendo.com/">fluendo.com</a> is doing it again.<br />
+This time live from the <a href="http://conference2004.kde.org/">KDE World summit</a> in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
+</p>
+<p>During the conference, the live streams are available from <a href="http://streamingserver.akademy.kde.org/">http://streamingserver.akademy.kde.org/</a> along with viewer suggestions.<br />
+Archives are available at <a href="http://ktown.kde.org/akademy/">http://ktown.kde.org/akademy/</a>
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Jun 29 - Guadec broadcast in theora ]</h3>
+
+<p>Streaming startup <a href="http://fluendo.com/">fluendo.com</a> has
+been demonstrating their encoding and server application at <a
+href="http://guadec.org/">GUADEC</a> this year, broadcasting the
+presentations <strong>live in theora</strong>. This is a great
+demonstration of open media technology. Congratulations to fluendo and a
+big thanks to everyone who made this possible!</p>
+<p>During the conference, the live streams are available from
+<a href="http://stream1.hia.no/">http://stream1.hia.no/</a> along with
+viewer suggestions. Archives are available at the same url if you
+missed something.</p>
+<p>What a change a year makes. Last year, we were very sad to see <a
+href="2003.guadec.org">GU4DEC 2003</a> broadcasting the talks in
+the proprietary RealVideo format. Now, not only are the talks in a free
+video format, but you can <a
+href="https://helixcommunity.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7">use
+RealPlayer</a> to watch them!</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Jun 15 - Creative Commons videos ]</h3>
+
+<p>
+In honor of our slashdotting, we've made torrents available for
+<a href="torrents/cc-theora-small.torrent">small</a> and
+<a href="torrents/cc-theora-large.torrent">large</a> versions of
+the top three winning promotion videos for the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">Creative
+Commons</a> licenses, encoded in theora. Free content in a free format.
+</p><p>
+We also have a feature film, <a href="http://fourthwall.creativecommons.org/">David Ball's</a>
+edgy relationship drama <a
+href="http://fourthwall.creativecommons.org/honey/"><em>Honey</em></a>.
+You can download both <a href="torrents/Honey-small.torrent">small</a> and
+<a href="torrents/Honey-large.torrent">large</a> versions via bittorrent.
+These are distributed under an <a
+href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/">Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial</a>
+license.
+</p><p>
+Share and enjoy!
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Jun 1 - Theora I bitstream freeze ]</h3>
+
+<p>
+Big news. The Theora I bitstream format is now frozen! This means it's safe
+to start distributing videos in the theora format.
+</p><p>
+<em>Files produced by the alpha 3 reference encoder will be supported by
+all future decoders</em>.
+</p><p>
+Beta 1 was going to be the official freeze point, but was delayed by
+continuing work on the draft specification document; however
+we have reviewed enough of the design in writing the spec that we no
+longer need to reserve the right to make corrections to
+the encoder behavior.
+</p><p>
+So go ahead, there's no reason to delay adopting a free alternative any more!
+</p>
+<h3>[ 2004 Mar 20 - Theora alpha 3 release ]</h3>
+<p>
+We're pleased to announce the alpha 3 release of the theora reference
+implementation.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.bz2">
+ http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.bz2
+</a><br><a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.gz">
+ http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.tar.gz
+</a><br><a href="http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.zip">
+ http://theora.org/files/libtheora-1.0alpha3.zip</a>
+</blockquote>
+<p>
+The main differences over alpha 2:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li> The encoded image has been flipped to match the sense used in VP3,
+ with the origin at the lower left. This allows lossless transcoding
+ of VP3 content.
+</li>
+<li> The decoder data tables included in the bitstream header are more
+ complete and have more scope for future encoder improvements.
+</li>
+<li> Some experimental tools are available in the win32 directory,
+ including a transcoder for avi vp3 files.
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+We hope there were be no more incompatible bitstream changes, but as
+with previous alpha releases we make no promises that the format will
+not change again.
+</p><p>
+Experimental playback support is now available (separately) for
+Helix/Realplayer 10, Xine and mplayer; you might look at those if you
+want a more full-featured player. Be sure to use an alpha-3 compatible
+version.
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ 2004 Mar 20 - source now in subversion ]</h3>
+
+<p>
+We've switched our version control system to <a
+href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>
+from cvs, along with all the other Xiph.org projects.
+</p><p>
+Please make a fresh checkout if you're following the
+development tree:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<tt>svn checkout http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/theora</tt>
+</blockquote>
+<p>
+as cvs is no longer updated. You can also mount the
+dav url directly on your desktop for read-only access.
+</p>
+<p>
+See our <a href="svn.html">instruction page</a> for details.
+You can find more information about this great new tool at
+<a href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/">definitive reference book's</a>
+website.
+</p>
+<h3>[ 2004 Jan 26 - status update ]</h3>
+<p>
+There hasn't been much progress of late. Derf has been working on a new encoder, and in doing so
+came up with some suggested bitstreams changes to increase the scope for future encoder
+improvements. These will be integrated into the reference encoder and released as 'alpha 3' for
+testing.
+<p>
+The main hold-up for the beta release is still a draft spec. Everyone's waiting for this because
+it means the format will be frozen and encoded files will be supported by future versions of the
+reference implementation. So if you want to help things along pull out the code and help with the
+documentation, or donate something to help pay for the work.
+<p>
+<div align="center"> <form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"
+method="post">
+<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
+<input type="hidden" name="business" value="donate at xiph.org">
+<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="theora donation">
+<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
+<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00">
+<input type="image" src="http://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but04.gif"
+name="submit" alt="Make a donation via PayPal">
+</form>
+</div>
+<h3>[ June 9, 2003 - Theora alpha 2 release ]</h3>
+<p>
+The libtheora reference implementation has reached its 'alpha 2' milestone.
+A lot of bugs have been fixed and new features added, including all the
+planned changes to the bitsteams format.</p>
+<p>
+This is more of an internal milestone than a public release, but we are
+making a <a href="/files/libtheora-1.0alpha2.tar.gz">source tarball</a> available
+for convenience. Nevertheless we recommend using the <a href="svn.html">svn</a> version if possible. This release also requires svn libogg and libvorbis to compile; you might try the <a href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_svn.tgz">svn nightly tarball</a> if you don't
+already have these checked out. You will need to build and install the 'ogg' and 'vorbis' modules.
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ May 8, 2003 - VP3 Legacy Codec binaries ]</h3>
+<p>
+Mauricio Piacentini has been maintaining the original VP32 sources upon which theora is
+based. He's pooling his efforts with Xiph a bit and has decided to keep his work in xiph.org
+svn, in the 'vp32' module where the code was originally released. We hope this will help
+concentrate efforts related to theora and bring additional focus to both projects.
+<p>
+He is also making his binary builds for Quicktime 6 and Video for Windows available on
+this site. Please visit the <a href="http://people.xiph.org/~mauricio/">legacy VP3 page</a>
+for file links and complete information.
+</p>
+
+<h3>[ May 7, 2003 - Status update ]</h3>
+<p>
+Things have been slow for some time, so we just wanted to say what's been happening.
+Monty's been busy with unrelated contract work since finishing the zero-copy libogg,
+and no one has stepped up to act as maintainer in the meantime. We've been working
+on a <a href="http://wiki.xiph.org/TheoraTodo">wiki todo</a> for theora and for
+<a href="http://wiki.xiph.org/">xiph generally</a>. So feel free to look (and contribute)
+there.
+</p>
+<h3>[ January 13th, 2003 - Test Suite ]</h3>
+<p>
+We've posted a <a href="http://www.theora.org/test/test.zip">test suite</a> for your encoding pleasure.
+Feel free to post comments and questions to the Theora
+<a href="http://www.theora.org/lists.html">mailing lists.</a>
+</p>
+<h3>[ December 16th, 2002 - Robot Roll Call ]</h3>
+<p>
+The first part of Theora Alpha Two, the delicious Video Layer FAQ is now
+available on the <a href="http://www.theora.org/theorafaq.html">FAQ</a>
+page, written by Dan Miller. The second part is libogg hacking, the
+results of which will be posted just a little after December 27th. Alpha
+Two is really more of an informational release than a big downloadable
+install-fest, so don't fire up the testbeds just yet.
+<p>
+Welcome to theora.org, the official website for Ogg Theora, a video
+codec and integration project maintained and supported by the <a
+href="http://www.xiph.org">Xiph.org Foundation</a> for the benefit of
+all humankind.
+<p>
+What is Theora? Theora will be a video codec that builds upon On2's VP3
+codec. While <a href="http://www.vorbis.com">Ogg Vorbis</a> has reached
+1.0, Theora is currently being integrated into the Ogg multimedia framework, as well as being optimized
+from the VP3 codebase at its heart.
+<p>
+Theora will be released in June of 2003, with three major milestones, the
+first being released today, September 25th, 2002. Today's piece is
+available for download in the 'theora' module of the Xiph.org <a
+href="http://www.theora.org/svn.html">SVN</a> repository, as
+well as a UNIX tarball available <a
+href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/download/theora_svn_snapshot.tgz">here</a>.
+<p>
+There's a lot of useful information under the hood, so please have a
+look around by using the navigation links at the top of the page. If
+there's anything you think that we need on this page, please <a
+href="http://www.theora.org/contact.html">contact us</a> and let us
+know what you'd like to
+see.
+<p>
+For the legal terms on the usage of the VP3 codec, please check out the
+<a href="http://www.theora.org/svn.html">SVN</a> page. If you would like
+to help sponsor the development of Theora and other open technologies from
+the Xiph.org Foundation, please consider a donation! More information is
+available at <a
+href="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/donate.html">this link</a>.
+<p>
+Thanks for stopping by, and happy hacking!
+</p>
+
+</div>
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