[theora] Ogv file only plays in VLC / Can't be used by most tools.

[Silvia Pfeiffer]

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:56 AM, ogg.k.ogg.k at googlemail.com
<ogg.k.ogg.k at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I downloaded the Theora encoder sample (ver 1.1.1), modified it to encode a
>> sequence of bitmaps, and created an OGV file.
>
> You could also use ffmpeg2theora for that use, it might be easier.
>
>> I tried uploading to YouTube, and the video just comes out really corrupt:
>
> Youtube transcodes the video with an old version of ffmpeg, which does
> not work with some features of the Theora bitstream, which were not yet
> used by the previous libtheora encoder, but which are used by 1.1.1.
>
>> I tried using ffmpeg to convert to another format, but it gives errors
>> (listed below).
>
> Same program as Youtube, though a newer ffmpeg might work.
>
>> It seems like the OGV file is bad in some way, but VLC is somehow 'luckily'
>> able to play it.
>
> Likely the file is alright.
>
>> I'd like to have a 'more robust' OGV file, which I can easily upload to
>> YouTube or convert to other formats.
>
> You could use an older version of libtheora, though you won't have the
> encoder improvements in quality and bitrate. Or moan to Youtube to
> update their buggy toolchain.
>
>> In case anyone want's to inspect the OGV file, I've uploaded it here:
>> http://cid-0b8a3e1016031fcd.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Out.ogv
>
> That's a... HTML file... with a lot of Javascript.
> Maybe it links to a video, though, I haven't searched inside.

Download link:
http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1poIE-sMM5hxYcCL_OJ4WVa_KzE48fJm5drQe4Egnvd3cWIOnvCT-3BaiTuYho-mjwemx1BnOu3Bppt1U-8ELQww/Out.ogv?download

Cheers,
Silvia.