Anti-war rally/march Berkeley 10/08/01 English/Sign

by Dan Mattson (handyman [at] california.com)

Wed, Oct 10, 2001 9:19PM

Ultimateley, this 10 minute video is an experiment to see if rapid motion hand movements, i.e. sign language, are readable on a typical dsl/cable connection with RealPlayer. This is single stream dsl/cable, 225kbs. Feedback welcome.

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On October 8. 2001 an anti-war Rally was held in Berkeley. From beginning to end the major energy seemed to come from a group of young women from Mills College in Oakland. The march went as far University and 6th where a human line of police, backed up by many vehicles, blocked access to the freeway. This is the very same thing that happened at the march in 1999 that took back KPFA from Pacifica. This time there is more at stake. After hanging out for fifteen minutes, this march, like the march that got back KPFA, turned around at the police line at 6th and University.

Back at Berkeley Bart the young women from Mills College led a sit down in the street.

In between, KPFA's Jay Imano (sp?) spoke. This is accompanied by sign.

Feed back is welcome re how understandable is the sign and if this is something we should try for,

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§My initail comment

by Dan

Wed, Oct 10, 2001 9:57PM

Well, this is a challenge. With a download speed on my DSL about five times the 225kbs speed of this video it is spotty at best. When it works, the sign comes thru ok, almost like looking at the .rm file from my hard disk, which is close to MPEG quality. But this hasn't lasted very long and the video freezes, sometimes the audio too. I've been able to get it to go on, but again, not for long.

Other experiences?

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by Tristan Tom (tristan [at] tristantom.com)

Wed, Oct 10, 2001 10:15PM

You should offer the video in Quicktime format. In my experience, it's better and more reliable...

For more information: http://tristantom.com/berkeleyprotest/

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§PerfectPlay

by markb

Thu, Oct 11, 2001 6:02AM

The trouble with RealMedia is that it only really works well when you activate PerfectPlay. However you have to purchase RealPlayer Plus in order to use PerfectPlay - RealPlayer Basic doesn't even have it.

For high-quality video, it's better to download a QuickTime movie rather than try to stream RealVideo.

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