Re: [PLUG] Flip video on Ubuntu Netbook

[Matthew Edlefsen <matt.edlefsen@gmail.com>]

It might be a performance issue.  That camera records 720p h264/aac
video(1) which may be hard for an atom by itself(2).  The eee pc 1000
has an integrated intel GMA 950(3) which unfortunately doesn't have
hardware h264 decoding so you're stuck doing it on the atom.

I'm a little surprised you're not seeing anything though, so maybe
it's a combination of things.

I would also suggest transcoding them (on a desktop).  When my gf got
a video camera that produced files imovie couldn't import I wrote a
little script that would batch transcode them into dv using ffmpeg.
Not a perfect solution but it worked.

1. http://store.theflip.com/UltraHD.aspx
2. http://fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7782&Itemid=66
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Specifications

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Art Alexion <arthur@alexion.com> wrote:
> I considered transcoding, but I was hoping for something just plug and
> play for her.  The Flip has a built in usb port.  When you plug it
> into Ubuntu, it offers to open with f-spot, which would be perfect if
> f-spot handled videos.
>
> So, you think it is the Atom which is the bottleneck?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net> wrote:
>> Don't know if this will help, but I've just been playing with a friends
>> Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 with motion capture AVCHD files.
>>
>> I used Handbrake transcoder  ( deb available on site) on Ubuntu 9.10
>>
>> You might try transcoding your file to another format that works better
>> as most of the highly compressed files may be to intensive to decode
>> in real time on the Atom.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>> Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
>>> Asus EeePC 1000
>>> Atom N270 @ 1.6 ghz
>>> 1 gb ram
>>> Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix with medibuntu archive enabled.
>>>
>>> Flip Video Ultra HD creates mpeg-4 files
>>>
>>> 2 Questions:
>>>
>>> Totem, VLC and kaffeine only play sound and just the first video frame.
>>> Mplayer does the same, but after the sound is gone, it plays a really jerky
>>> video.  Other MP4 files seem to play fine.  Power issue or codec problem?
>>>
>>> F-spot doesn't do video.  digiKam does, but not so well as to justify its
>>> bloat.  It doesn't integrate into the UNR launcher anyway.  This is for my
>>> non-technical wife, who would appreciate something like f-spot instead of just
>>> using nautilus to copy the files.  Any recommendations?
>>>
>>>
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