Re: OfB.biz: Real Networks Announces New Media Player Project

On Thursday 07 August 2003 1:04 am, Daniel Cassidy wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 August 2003 11:27 pm, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> >   Indeed, I don't count MPlayer at all. It's an absolute pain to use and
> > certainly not something for your average end-user. Windows DLL's are
> > impractical, especially if you don't have a Windows box. Even if they
> > were pratical, it is somewhat of a hack compared to a native solution.
>
> duhhh... KMPlayer. If KMPlayer doesn't satisfy you, then there's nothing
> stopping someone writing a better frontend. Also, you can get all the
> Windows DLLs from the MPlayer site. Also, you don't actually need Windows
> DLLs for the vast majority of formats.
>
> > Now, beyond my characture here, consider this: Real also brings a good
> > name back into the community.
>
> People who consider this bizarre definition of 'good name' would probably
> not consider using Linux.

Also, I don't think anything you said justifies the statement that Linux is 
lagging behind in the video player area. Although it might justify my 
statement that you haven't actually done any research on MPlayer.

-- 
Dan.

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