Someone from Europe, tell me... WTF????

[oddabe19]

So i goto MPlayer's homepage today, and was greeted with this:
http://mplayer.dev.hu/homepage/

Someone tell me, WTF is going on. :-k

[kleeman]

They are making a point about software patents which are being considered by the EU commision etc at present.

[telmo]

I never liked their player anyway. 8-[

[poofyhairguy]

So i goto MPlayer's homepage today, and was greeted with this:
http://mplayer.dev.hu/homepage/

Someone tell me, WTF is going on. :-k

Simple. Companies that own nothing but ones and zeros are using all the resources they can to lock up the rights to "their" intellectual property in the world's post-industrial economies.


Because they know China is up and coming, and they know China doesn't give a **** about western patents. Milk the cow to death before it dies....

I hope this doesn't happen, if only because I like playing any old media file in linux....

[az]

Don't panic.

Look at the bottom of the page:


There is a link.

Enter the MPlayer homepage while it is still available.

[localzuk]

I never liked their player anyway. 8-[
Why don't you like it? It has been the best player - easiest to get working - for me for a while.

It used to be terrible, but it is maturing well.

[DJ_Max]

Why don't you like it? It has been the best player - easiest to get working - for me for a while.

It used to be terrible, but it is maturing well.
I think he missed the whole point of that message. :-s

[adbak]

Is there any codec that is to movies/video what Ogg Vorbis is to music/audio? IOW, is there an open-source format for video?

[primeirocrime]

http://www.theora.org/
from
http://www.xiph.org/