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Free 720p HD video clips
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:29 am
by Wally Balljacker
http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com
The BBC hosts a ton of really stunning high-def content that is completely free and viewable on Linux.
Oh, and NASA also have some HD videos up as well
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogal ... index.html
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:08 am
by dann
How are you viewing these in Linux. Every time I click on something from the bbc site it tells me I do not have quicktime installed.
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:54 pm
by allix
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:21 pm
by Wally Balljacker
dann wrote:How are you viewing these in Linux. Every time I click on something from the bbc site it tells me I do not have quicktime installed.
For the BBC, I view the page source and copy the file URL into a terminal and download it with wget. It's a bit of a pain, but it works.
Here's a few:
http://content.bbcmotiongallery.com/hd/ ... 00kbps.mov
http://content.bbcmotiongallery.com/hd/ ... 00kbps.mov
http://content.bbcmotiongallery.com/hd/ ... rs_720.mov
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:21 pm
by davijordan
if you can download the clips, vlc as well as other programs will display them. Some web designers (or their benefactors) are tighter than others about letting you download the media.