[Moodle] VLC player?

[Laurie Savage]

Concatenate video files: in Linux "cat file1.mpg file2.mpg filen.mpg >
newfile.mpg" works every time for me if the files have been split in the
first place.

Laurie

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:31:53PM +1100, Dr Paul Chandler mentioned:
> 
> In my opinion, vlc is brilliant.  Handles a huge variety of file types
> and codecs, and is available for many platforms.  Files which refused to
> play in WMP or QT will often play in vlc.  To cap it off, it can also
> act as a streaming server (yes, all in the same app).  Another neat
> little feature is that you can use it to create png snapshots as a
> file/stream/DVD plays.  (If you've tried to create screen captures of
> scenes on a DVD and failed under normal methods, vlc will do it).
> 
> The only thing that I've wanted to do that I haven't yet figured out is
> to get it to concatenate video files.  The command line options are very
> powerful, but amazingly complex.  Thank goodness for the graphic UI
> which handles most common uses.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:07 PM
> To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Moodle] Videos in moodle - file sizes - VLC player?
> 
> VLC is a free video player that seems to handle many codecs. I don't
> know if its available for Windows.
> 
> There are a couple of places to look if you want to increase the maximum
> upload file size. I can only speak for Linux so your files might be
> somewhere else.
> 
> File 				Line to find/edit
> =============================================================
> /etc/moodle/apache.conf		php_value upload_max_filesize
> /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini	upload_max_filesize
> ==============================================================
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Laurie
> 
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:59:36AM +1100, ARNOTT Suz mentioned:
> > what is VLC player? is that a moodle plug in?
> > 
> > I have tried a couple of times to change the file size we are able to 
> > upload, but can't get it to work, and neither can the tech...so we are
> 
> > limited to 2MB... dwhich can be frustrating with some video files
> > 
> 
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> Laurie Savage
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