-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Gustin Johnson wrote: >> WMV is probably the worst format you could possibly work with. > > Full acknowledge, but if you do some ironic political video project, you > need to use video material from the internet. >
If you say so. None of my friends in broadcasting use this codec, for fun or for profit. >> The >> Debian Multimedia folks have codecs for this format, but there may be >> legal issues regarding the use of their packages. The responsibility is >> yours to determine if or which formats/packages may violate local laws. > > In Germany this isn't a problem. It's not allowed, but tolerated by the > law. German judges hate the complete computer problem, e.g. also if a > lawyer wants to know something about an IP, because someone illegal has > uploaded cracks. No judge will give the permission to do research about > There are so many differences between each region and each region can be complex. Here in Canada we pay a tax on blank media (cassettes, VHS, CDR, DVD-R, DV, etc.) which goes towards the Canadian version of RIAA and MPAA. The way the law is written is confusing so I cannot even tell what exactly is legal or not in my own country. The only thing I will say is that one should consult a lawyer familiar with the applicable laws if you have any questions about potentially violating any local laws. Then manage your risk accordingly. <snip> >> Also, in my experience WMV just does not look good under Linux. Most of >> the applications you would be using under Windows or OSX support other >> codecs that are a better choice anyway. >> >> FYI, SuSe licences a number of things, which is probably why WMVs work >> under SuSe. The community driven distributions will never ship with >> those packages, you have to sort that out on your own. > > Novell (and Suse is Novell since some years) made a deal with Windows. > As far as I know, Suse is the only other OS, you are allowed to have > installed parallel to a Windows, without loosing Windows support. There are other commercial distros that licence codecs, such as Linspire (if they are still around). > > Back to my problem. Most .wmv are fine with my 64 Studio 2.1 Etch, but > not all .wmv. The .wmv I've now, is fine with 64 Studio 2.1 Lenny using > KMplayer. Totem and MPlayer aren't fine for my Etch, there I have to use > VLC. VLC is fine with some .wmv and isn't for especially the one .wmv I <snip> As I said in the previous post. There are technical solutions provided by the Debian Multimedia folks. Use google to find them. Use of all of their software may or may not be legal, it is up to the individual to determine that for their own region, and then manage their risk accordingly. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkm9KB8ACgkQwRXgH3rKGfN0DQCgh1nU1HXbhDelH3BoVmMHNZF/ Nn0AoJrQ8tKZFY3nrwJa+YB1yLPs7Zaf =Yask -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
