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Old 01-03-2007, 18:36   #59
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Re: might give Linux OS 2007 a go
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Originally Posted by luckybleeder View Post
Let's not mention that you have to rely on Windows dll's for such basic things such as mp3 and avi
No, you don't.

Virtually all Linux media players use the ffmpeg codecs for multimedia decoding. This is the same set of codecs that are in VLC and Media Player Classic (amongst other things) on Windows and Mac.

Until recently, you had to use Windows DLLs to view WMV9 (only -- earlier Windows Media versions were supported by ffmpeg). But there is now an open source decoder included in ffmpeg, and there is a closed source GStreamer decoder (based on source code from Microsoft) is available for sale for about a fiver IIRC.

Zinglebarb: why be so unpleasantly negative about Linux? If it's not your thing, then that's fine, but to be honest I'm surprised and disappointed that an experienced poster such as yourself finds it necessary to "contribute" to a thread like this several times saying nothing but "I think it's crap". Grow up.
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