Brian Cameron wrote: > > James: > >>>> Thank you for the heads up; I've had a bit of a look on the website; >>>> apparently there is aspiration to get WMV/WMA support with >>>> RealPlayer - >>>> are we going to see that support arrive on Solaris? >>>> >> That's a crock of crap. That's illegal. Talk about monopoly, >> there's no legal way for us to play that crappy format. > > You can purchase and use the Fluendo WMA/WMV plugins from their web > store. They are reasonably priced, but they only work with GStreamer > based programs like totem and rhythmbox. So, there is a legal way > to play WindowsMedia formats on Solaris today. > > https://shop.fluendo.com/ > > It would be nice if Real sold their plugins to Solaris end users. > Then Solaris users could also use these formats in the Realplayer > application. > > Or it might be good to enhance RealPlayer so it could make use of any > GStreamer plugins that are installed on the system, thus allowing you > to play WindowsMedia foramts via Real if the GStreamer plugins are > available. > > Brian I'm not paying for something that Microsoft should license for free. If they want to spread it they need to try a little harder. I'll just break the stupid DMCA laws and use mplayer with wine plugins, I as an individual am tired of tis sort of issue, and I find that the U.S. is irresponsible in supporting progress... inhibit us for another 20 years why don't you!?
James
