Comments on: EU streaming service Linux ban http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:48:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-134454 Reader's Write Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:53:12 +0000 #comment-134454 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131964 Reader's Write Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:49:17 +0000 #comment-131964 i use ubuntu linux , and with this firefox extension , it works fine --> http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/24402/ i use ubuntu linux , and with this firefox extension , it works fine –>
http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/24402/

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131867 Reader's Write Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:08:15 +0000 #comment-131867 I dont think those codecs you speak of are legal I dont think those codecs you speak of are legal

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131857 Reader's Write Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:59:31 +0000 #comment-131857 the problem is that if you are using the win32 codec in linux you are forced to beaking the law because it violates some patent witch belongs to microsoft So by not providing a free format for there webcast the EU is not only discriminating Linux and bsd users, they also forces us to break the patent law of EU btw i also think its a bit of a dubble moral that EU is accusing Microsoft for using illigal practesis and supporting the development of OSS and on the other hand they discriminates linux users from wieving there webcasts witch is a public and a democracy thing. the problem is that if you are using the win32 codec in linux you are forced to beaking the law because it violates some patent witch belongs to microsoft
So by not providing a free format for there webcast the EU is not only discriminating Linux and bsd users, they also forces us to break the patent law of EU
btw i also think its a bit of a dubble moral that EU is accusing Microsoft for using illigal practesis and supporting the development of OSS
and on the other hand they discriminates linux users from wieving there webcasts witch is a public and a democracy thing.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131835 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:24:05 +0000 #comment-131835 .. ..

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131826 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:11:12 +0000 #comment-131826 whoops, wrong parent whoops, wrong parent

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131825 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:01:12 +0000 #comment-131825 Yeah, too bad mplayer needs wmv9dmod.dll which is *NOT* open source to play these streams. You'll find it contained in your "essential codecs" package, along with a whole slew of binary only windows codecs. Yeah, too bad mplayer needs wmv9dmod.dll which is *NOT* open source to play these streams. You’ll find it contained in your “essential codecs” package, along with a whole slew of binary only windows codecs.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131824 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:00:07 +0000 #comment-131824 Yeah, too bad mplayer needs wmv9dmod.dll which is *NOT* open source to play these streams. You'll find it contained in your "essential codecs" package, along with a whole slew of binary only windows codecs. Yeah, too bad mplayer needs wmv9dmod.dll which is *NOT* open source to play these streams. You’ll find it contained in your “essential codecs” package, along with a whole slew of binary only windows codecs.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131814 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:00:01 +0000 #comment-131814 Under Firefox add the "User Agent Switcher" extension and identify your browser as IE under XP. Also have MPlayer plugin and w32codecs installed. The streams play quite happily under Linux using this method. I agree that you should not have to do this, but the same problem occurs all over the web, often because over zealous web developers insist on getting your Windows Media Player version prior to sending the stream. This is unnecessary - it plays or it does not. It makes them feel good for a job well done, but locks out Linux/BSD users for absolutely no reason. It is ironic that the EU who continually battle Microsoft's monopoly are doing their dirty work for them, probably without the politicians even knowing it. Under Firefox add the “User Agent Switcher” extension and identify your browser as IE under XP. Also have MPlayer plugin and w32codecs installed. The streams play quite happily under Linux using this method. I agree that you should not have to do this, but the same problem occurs all over the web, often because over zealous web developers insist on getting your Windows Media Player version prior to sending the stream. This is unnecessary – it plays or it does not. It makes them feel good for a job well done, but locks out Linux/BSD users for absolutely no reason.
It is ironic that the EU who continually battle Microsoft’s monopoly are doing their dirty work for them, probably without the politicians even knowing it.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131813 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:58:44 +0000 #comment-131813 I don't see what the big ol' deal is here... just install some freakin' codecs. I just went to that link and browsed the archives and everything played just fine, nice and smooth. I'm using Fedora Core 6, Firefox 2.x, MPlayer, MPlayer essential codecs pack, and finally the MPlayer-plugin which plays the embeds in Firefox. While the codec that is being used by that web-site may be proprietary, is certainly is not a problem to play in many Linux distros using open-source codecs. I find I can actually play MORE stuff with MPlayer than I can in Windows Media Player (which BTW I also can run in Linux thanks to WINE win32 emulation.) I don’t see what the big ol’ deal is here… just install some freakin’ codecs.

I just went to that link and browsed the archives and everything played just fine, nice and smooth.

I’m using Fedora Core 6, Firefox 2.x, MPlayer, MPlayer essential codecs pack, and finally the MPlayer-plugin which plays the embeds in Firefox.

While the codec that is being used by that web-site may be proprietary, is certainly is not a problem to play in many Linux distros using open-source codecs. I find I can actually play MORE stuff with MPlayer than I can in Windows Media Player (which BTW I also can run in Linux thanks to WINE win32 emulation.)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10879/comment-page-1#comment-131812 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:57:43 +0000 #comment-131812 Under Firefox add the "User Agent Switcher" extension and identify your browser as IE under XP. Also have MPlayer plugin and w32codecs installed. The streams play quite happily under Linux using this method. I agree that you should not have to do this, but the same problem occurs all over the web, often because over zealous web developers insist on getting your Windows Media Player version prior to sending the stream. This is unnecessary - it plays or it does not. It makes them feel good for a job well done, but locks out Linux/BSD users for absolutely no reason. It is ironic that the EU who continually battle Microsoft's monopoly are doing their dirty work for them, probably without the politicians even knowing it. Under Firefox add the “User Agent Switcher” extension and identify your browser as IE under XP. Also have MPlayer plugin and w32codecs installed. The streams play quite happily under Linux using this method. I agree that you should not have to do this, but the same problem occurs all over the web, often because over zealous web developers insist on getting your Windows Media Player version prior to sending the stream. This is unnecessary – it plays or it does not. It makes them feel good for a job well done, but locks out Linux/BSD users for absolutely no reason.
It is ironic that the EU who continually battle Microsoft’s monopoly are doing their dirty work for them, probably without the politicians even knowing it.

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