Hmmmmm, sounds like some reverse engineering is in order.
Now if I could only find a reverse compiler I could make myself
a copy for linux, of course I would share the wealth, but only
by e mail request, don't wanna post it to a web site.
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Vic wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:56:15 -0500
> > From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Asf files
> >
> > Same here Civil, same here I HATE that.
> >
> > Damn Microsoft, damn them to hell,
> > I hope the govt does split them up and they
> > fall like a shot down plane in WWII
> > and crash and burn even harder.
> >
>
> I hate to admit but they are not entirely to blame for this. First off,
> you don't find a cheap and easy to use MPEG/MPEG2 encoder for free very
> often, most of this software works on pre-recorded files, and costs a lot
> of money. The crappy windows media garbage is free and can record
> real-time, requiring less disk space than an mpeg solution. The other
> thing is that hardware MPEG boards are not cheap, and the file size is
> rather large compared to these streaming formats.
>
> Now comes the argument of Real Networks, their products are annoying as
> hell, sure the encoder and player are free, but they require so much
> registration it is really a pain to get, as well as the crippled options,
> and making it nearly impossible to find for anyone. Their products annoy
> the crap outta you, they make erally bad nag-ware, not to mention having a
> lack of stability at times. Also, their format is bug-prone, as an
> incomplete download results in a movie that is *barely playable* as well.
>
> Now, Apple's quicktime is also real bad, as between Apple and Microsoft,
> almost all the Codecs are exclusively licensed by them. Apple's player is
> purely annoying as it asks whether or not you want to upgrade every time
> you use it. Not to mention that not too many hardware quicktime solutions
> exist for the PC.
>
> I know that Micro$oft is big and bad, but they seem to have the only
> viable solution for streaming when it comes to price and features on the
> WIN/MAC platforms. I really wish they would port the media player over to
> Linux, but then again who knows what kind of things it will screw up, or
> how intentionally slow and bloated it will be?
>
> I hope there is still a chance to reclaim the market with a more open
> implementation.
>
> > On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > > On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > > > Anyone know where I can find something
> > > > in linux to play those dangbusted asf files?
> > >
> > > Not no but "hell, No!"
> > >
> > > Microshaft PATENTED the *.asf format ignoring the preexisting mpeg formats on
> > > which it is based. If there is ever a way to read the (decidedly second rate
> > > quality) Active Stream Format files, it will have to be written by Microsoft.
> > > Anyone writing a program to decode the *.asf files, without written permission
> > > of Microsoft, is an infringer.
> > >
> > > Anyway, likely the patent is crap. But the US Patent Office is the #1
> > > Embarassment of the Digital Age, handing out software patents with very little
> > > research (same staff, and ten times the workload) and letting the courts decide
> > > which is valid. Anyone have a spare $200 million (US) to go to court on this
> > > patent with Microsoft and PROVE it is invalid?
> > >
> > > And if you see words in this message I do not normally type, I think you can
> > > see that I am furious because I am helpless before these bozos.
> > >
> > > Civileme
> >
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ellick Chan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Jul 24
