Re: OfB.biz: Real Networks Announces New Media Player Project
Neil Stevens <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday August 06, 2003 03:27, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 05:20 pm, Daniel Cassidy wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 7:41 pm, Neil Stevens wrote: > > > On Wednesday August 06, 2003 10:39, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > > > Real Networks, the developer of the Real ONE player and popular > > > > Real Audio and Real Media formats, announced today plans to create > > > > a "comprehensive" Free Software media player. The player will help > > > > to end GNU/Linux's long time lagging behind Windows and Macintosh > > > > streaming media players. > > > > > > > > http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=256 > > > > > > Lagging how? > > > > That's what I wondered. > > > > Unless you don't count some of MPlayer's codecs because they are > > 'non-free', or because they are Windows DLLs. > > 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. > > Something like an Free Software RealONE will fulfill the need for a > more modern streaming utility (RealPlayer 7 patched to support 8.0 > codecs patched to support 9.0 codecs is so outdated). It will also > provide the all-in-one interface people are now use to, similar to what > JuK does. So what is it you want from free software? A cloning of what Microsoft and Real provide, only without having to pay for it? If you want proprietary codecs and the existing UIs, go run them! - -- Neil Stevens - [email protected] "I'll believe it when I see it." -- George Walker Bush -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/MZlBf7mnligQOmERAtBJAJ9DcFO2L+NW1gk7O22P90Xwy8RIsgCdGPbY hqqMHc9K4Ygo1fl3Iy8LVQ0= =mMhA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.