Mplayer is not very hard, you can download the front end too and then you have a full player with all the codecs you need to play anything.
-- Alexandro Colorado Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish http://es.openoffice.org/ Mensaje citado por Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Chad Smith wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> BTW my point was not that this stuff uses java (no idea about that), but > >> that it may be shunned like java is today once distributions decide Helix > >> is redundant (which is a distinct possibility, Helix has a definite lack > >> of traction on Linux now) > > > > > > Okay - look, I understand what you are saying - that you don't like > > Helix, and/or you don't think "Linux users" (of which I am one) will > > accept it. The thing you aren't getting it, we're not asking people to > > use Helix player for anything other than to do this. It could be > > included in the OOo download, or the plug-in download, so it would be > > transparent. It may be called the "Helix player plug-in for OOo" but > > other than that, it woudn't matter. The "Linux users" you speak for > > wouldn't have to remove any of their current media players (most distros > > come with far more than one - especially in the kitchen sync installs) > > nor would they have to start using Helix for anything other than OOo. > > HelixPlayer is 3.8 MB (at least for the RPM version) useless bloat. > is not even able (because of patents) to play mp3 files. > and this considering each OS has its own complete multimedia framework. > > > It's just like the addition of the HPSDB (or whatever the letters are) > > HSQLDB > > > database program that was added to OOo. Users (linux or otherwise) can > > still use whatever DB they want, but the one built-in and ready to go on > > OOo is HPSDB. The same thing for Abiword. Installing OOo does not take > > anyone's ability away to use Abiword - or KOffice. There are times when > > a user might just want to make a quick edit to a document, and then they > > could quickly open Abiword, make the edit, and save it. But if they > > want the features of OOo - they can open OOo. Some people use OOo just > > as a way to make Flash on Linux. They use KOffice/Abiword for > > everything else. > > then let's include a full copy of Mozilla too, we want to be sure users > will have a program if they need to send documents as email. > > > My point is - if they don't like it - they ain't gotta use it. But if > > they want to do what this plug-in can do, then they would. > > > > Do me a favor - name me any other cross-platform media player that can > > run Real media, is open source, and runs on Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, > > and Linux.... > > Mplayer is such an application, but good luck distributing it. > but why the "Real media" requirement? i don't think we should care about > anything else beyond free formats - Ogg Vorbis and perhaps uncompressed Wav > > -- > nicu > my OpenOffice.org pages: http://ooo.nicubunu.ro > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]