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Re: Which Multimedia software is the best one in Linux world?

Radi

2004-11-30, 5:45 pm

Lucien van Lint wrote:
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> VLC from http://www.videolan.org plays many formats. Some versions like
> WMV3 zijn proprietary formats and will most likely never play on GPL
> software unless their owner (Microsoft in this example) sees the light.
> Same goes for many new formats which are often patented.
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> Just boycot all that WMV3/QT crap. You won't miss it :-)

Hi guys!

VLC is sure really good, but mplayer is even better. So far it played
everything, even real media and quicktime stuff. WMV too. Just google
for mplayer and you'll find it.