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Dave Ryman - 12 Jul 2006 15:48 GMT Hi all, Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats (petshop-bought rat was pregnant!). We sold most, and kept two for ourselves, which died less than two years later: inbreeding probably contributing to their short lives.
Anyway, at the time, we took some video of them (only webcam stuff shoved through a movie editor afterwards), and I've finally got around to making the three films we made available on the net.
If you'd like to view these, go to http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ and click on "Rats".
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Michael Rozdoba - 12 Jul 2006 17:18 GMT > Hi all, > Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats (petshop-bought [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If you'd like to view these, go to > http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ and click on "Rats". Cool :)
Baby rats are always cute.
Can I ask if the music used is copyright free? I'm not policing, just trying to find out where & what I could make use of myself for a similar project.
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Dave Ryman - 12 Jul 2006 17:32 GMT >> Hi all, >> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > trying to find out where & what I could make use of myself for a > similar project. They were very very cute.
Still trying to find out how to get a licence for music used in this way.
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Joanne - 13 Jul 2006 03:55 GMT >> Hi all, >> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > trying to find out where & what I could make use of myself for a similar > project. Oh shoot. I made one too and forgot about the copyright laws. :(
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Dave Ryman - 13 Jul 2006 08:44 GMT >>> Hi all, >>> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Oh shoot. I made one too and forgot about the copyright laws. :( I've looked in to it - £250 a year seems to be the price to do it legally. I'm going to change the music for Public domain stuff - usually (very) old material where the copyright has expired - there are websites where you can download the stuff.
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Rattlebugs - 14 Jul 2006 02:54 GMT I was going to suggest the public domain. Many times you can find music just as good or more appropriate for your clips. Lisa
> >>> Hi all, > >>> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > (very) old material where the copyright has expired - there are websites > where you can download the stuff. Dave Ryman - 14 Jul 2006 14:32 GMT > I was going to suggest the public domain. Many times you can find music > just as good or more appropriate for your clips. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> (very) old material where the copyright has expired - there are websites >> where you can download the stuff. i think it's the only way to do it. No wonder Pubs and Clubs complain about the licensing authorities (I gather they pay somwhere in 4 figures).
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NRen2k5 - 12 Jul 2006 19:25 GMT > Hi all, > Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats (petshop-bought [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If you'd like to view these, go to > http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ and click on "Rats". Video isn't showing up for me. I can hear the audio and the WMP controls appear, but no video.
WinXP SP2, Windows Media Player 10, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4.
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Dave Ryman - 12 Jul 2006 21:23 GMT >> Hi all, >> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > WinXP SP2, Windows Media Player 10, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4. I know Microsoft explorer prompts you to confirm that active content is ok, maybe there's an option in Firefox that has a similar control. Given the fact that you get WMP controls, I would have thought this was an unlikely reason. Does it happen with all the films? Is it maybe appearing in another window?
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NRen2k5 - 13 Jul 2006 05:11 GMT > I know Microsoft explorer prompts you to confirm that active content is > ok, maybe there's an option in Firefox that has a similar control. Given > the fact that you get WMP controls, I would have thought this was an > unlikely reason. Does it happen with all the films? Is it maybe appearing > in another window? Yes, it happens with all the films, and no it isn't appearing in another window. Oddly enough, if I download the movies to my computer, I can watch them just fine in WiMP.
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Michael Rozdoba - 13 Jul 2006 01:14 GMT >> Hi all, >> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > WinXP SP2, Windows Media Player 10, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4. FWIW Same set up here & it plays.
Try downloading the file directly & then playing it: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/rats/video/basil%20the%20rat.wmv
Windows Media Player should tell you if it doesn't have the right codec, which is perhaps the problem.
You could also try a decent player. I like Zoomplayer, but that's commercial. Media Player Classic & VLC media player are both free iirc & very good.
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Mandie @k@ Zepherous - 13 Jul 2006 01:20 GMT > Video isn't showing up for me. I can hear the audio and the WMP controls > appear, but no video. > > WinXP SP2, Windows Media Player 10, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4. Same here, but I found if I right click where the video should be, and then select plugins and then options, there was nothing there to change but if I kept this screen open and moved it out of the way I could see the video.
The babies are so cute :-)
Dave Ryman - 13 Jul 2006 08:42 GMT >> Video isn't showing up for me. I can hear the audio and the WMP >> controls appear, but no video. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > The babies are so cute :-) Yep - I don't think we would have missed it, despite the shock of finding out she was pregnant!
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Joanne - 13 Jul 2006 03:55 GMT > Hi all, > Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats (petshop-bought [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > If you'd like to view these, go to > http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ and click on "Rats". Very very sweet!!
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rabbit - 24 Jul 2006 16:20 GMT > Hi all, > Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats (petshop-bought [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > email: dave_ryman@hotmailNOSPAM.com
> Hi Dave, I would like to see your rat video but when I click on rats it says that I need a "plug-in". So I tried that and it said no suitable plug in found. I have a Mac, and have quicktime. I know the vast majority of programs are for pcs. I have one, but can't afford to have 2 computers on-line. Do you have any idea what I need? Like flash player or something? I know there is an anti- Mac person around, please don't hassle me OK? Anyhow Dave, if you know I would appreciate it, thanks
> My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ > The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm Dave Ryman - 25 Jul 2006 00:48 GMT >> Hi all, >> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ >> The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm Not at all sure. The format of the files is WMV - Windows Media (usually embedded in the browser). I'd be surprised if the Mac doesn't have a media player that reads WMV format: If it does, maybe this can somehow be attached to the browser as a plug-in. I've checked to see if the file can be accessed from the appropriate directory, but it looks as if my ISP won't allow this.
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Michael Rozdoba - 25 Jul 2006 10:58 GMT > I've checked to see if the file can > be accessed from the appropriate directory, but it looks as if my ISP won't > allow this. I'm not sure what you mean by this. Is it just that if you go to http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/rats/video/ you get a 403 error rather than a directory listing?
If so, you can change this if you want on a per directory basis. As your server is running Apache (Response headers include Server: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix)), the following will almost certainly work (your web space provider could have disabled the option but it's unlikely):
Create a file in the directory concerned, on the server, called .htaccess (notice the initial dot) containing the line Options +Indexes
See http://www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_dir.html for further example. If you want, create the file on your PC (though Windross will object to the name, so you'd have to call it something else & rename it after upload) & ftp it up using text mode transfer.
Alternatively, add a short html page which links directly to each file & post its url here, or just post the url of every file. Earlier in this thread I gave a link to one:
http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/rats/video/basil%20the%20rat.wmv
Note the encoding of the spaces in the filename (%20) so that it's easy for the email client & browser to know they're still part of the url.
Hope some of that is of use.
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Dave Ryman - 25 Jul 2006 12:13 GMT (snip)
> Alternatively, add a short html page which links directly to each file > & post its url here, or just post the url of every file. Earlier in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Hope some of that is of use. It would probably be quickest to use your last method. Rabbit: These should all work:
http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/rats/video/basil%20the%20rat.wmv http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/rats/video/eyes%20wide%20open.wmv http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/rats/video/the%20planet%20of%20the %20rats.wmv
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rabbit - 26 Jul 2006 01:52 GMT Hi to Dave and the other techie types who tried to help me. It came on and said this is a binary code what do you wan't to do, and it had save to comp. highlighted. Basil the rat and eyes wide open have a ?wmr? behind it and then when I clicked on it it said error couldn't open film. this was quicktime. Since Macs are unix based maybe it can't read it. I didn't get the last 3 letters right, but it did start with a w. I will go back and look again. This is kinda neat, sleuthing. Pam
> (snip) > > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ > The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm Michael Rozdoba - 26 Jul 2006 13:38 GMT > Hi to Dave and the other techie types who tried to help me. It came > on and said this is a binary code what do you wan't to do, and it had [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > read it. I didn't get the last 3 letters right, but it did start with a > w. I will go back and look again. This is kinda neat, sleuthing. Pam
:) Linux is a Unix clone & can play Windows encoded video, so there should be a solution for the Mac, I'm sure.
What version Mac OS does your machine use? Is it a PowerPC based Mac or one of the new Intel based ones?
A quick google tells me there used to be a microsoft version of Windows Media Player for the Mac, however support/development of that was dropped a while ago. Versions will still be kicking around though. Mickeysoft now endorse flip4mac...
I /think/ this is what you want: http://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_download.htm
And I /think/ the free trial version is enough for playback.
Failing everything else, if Dave wants & has hosting space, I'd be happy to transcode the videos to an xvid based avi, which I think will be a little less problematic for you.
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rabbit - 26 Jul 2006 01:58 GMT > (snip) This is Rabbit, the letters behind it are wmv, sorry I got it wrong. I need to also read what the windows users did that helped them to see it
> > Alternatively, add a short html page which links directly to each file > > & post its url here, or just post the url of every file. Earlier in [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ > The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm rabbit - 26 Jul 2006 04:04 GMT Hi Dave, I got a thing about updating Quicktime so I did that, and went and talked to a neighbor the looked at my mail and it had to be restarted, so all that took a while. I'd be suprized if the Mac didn't too. It very well could have, I don't have much help learning this stuff. I also have a pc, but don't want to use it online, it's running windows XP pro, and it's fast. I use it for my vision therapy program and photos. I have a Mac OSX.4.7. I also have 2 girl dumbo rats, about 10 mos. old and 2 boys, 11 wks. one fawn berkshire and one ruby eye dumbo, pale gray or silver hooded. My one boy Kippy is allergic to all bedding except cloth. He does fine on that and it's easy too, once I made a bunch of small peices of cloth about 14x20 and hemmed around them so they don't ravvle.ravel. Rabbit
> >> Hi all, > >> Three and a half years ago we had a litter of rats [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ > The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm
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