JWZ is an idiot
by
PhysicsGenius
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· Score: 1, Flamebait
His reviews, encapsulated:
mplayer -- doesn't like the UI
gstreamer -- doesn't want to install the required libs
xine -- doesn't know how to use a file browser (or pass args on the CL)
ogle -- doesn't do what he wants, even though it makes no claims that it does
This is a review of "video on Linux" how exactly?
When JWZ left the Moz project in a huff, I was alarmed because I'd heard what a great programmer he was and I thought Mozilla was never going to be released. The above review (and the amazing state of Mozilla) only bolster my belief that JWZ is a primo donna past his prime. All that's left is the rage and none of the talent.
Why is this guy's rant considered "news that matters"? If I wanted to be exposed to that much bitching and cursing I'd just ask my wife. Personally I run mplayer on RH 7.2, I compiled it, and have no trouble resizing, moving, or using it. It plays everything. And for DVDs Ogle is hard to beat. Hell, can I write a review and get it posted?
Worst. Review. Ever.
-- If thou see a fair woman pay court to her, for thus thou wilt obtain love
What's the point?
by
tewfik
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
I don't get the point of the author?!
If he was to pay for those pieces of software he wouldn't be that verbose would he. Maybe he could try developping sommething, since the source code is there.
If I was to rate that i'd say : FLAME HIM GOOD!
and hey, slashdotters, give us something better to chew..
-- -- Or So Tewfik Wrote. --
Not Unless You're JWZ
by
waldoj
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Hell, can I write a review and get it posted?
No, what with none of us caring in the least about about what you think. JWZ, on the other hand, is a man to whom you should listen when he speaks.
"+5 Insightful" my ass,. Goddamn kids don't even respect their elders these days...
-Waldo Jaquith
JWZ=Moron WITH No CLUE! I do video on Linux
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MrJerryNormandinSir
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Here's the real story. I've got a Compaq Presario 7110US running Linux. Complete with WinTV Theatre, firewire, DVD Burner, etc. I've got vcr compiled and installed, the latest avilib support, transcode, and mpeg2enc. Here's what I do. I use vcr to program the time and channel of the show I want to record. I can then choose any encoding format. For tv shows I use mpeg4 (DIVX). The show is saved on my server in the basement. I can play the movie on my Sharp Zaurus 5500-SL , developement computer (Presario 7110US) or my linux gaming computer connected to my TV. Also I create videos with a Samsung SDC-80 camcorder (firewire mini dv) and Kino (Run on Linux). I then save to mpeg2 and encode 9kbit video to dvd and play it on my DVD player. This is TOO simple.
Why did Slashdot give this idiot bandwidth to begin with.
Re:JWZ=Moron WITH No CLUE! I do video on Linux
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MrJerryNormandinSir
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
You are the fucking coward that posts anonymously. DVD has fucking everything to do with VIDEO. JWZ has no fucking idea
I read the first paragraph and
by
licketyspit
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
This guy is obviously not intelligent enough to be using linux in the first place. RPM's? c'mon, use use debs at least if you're not going to compile it yourself:-) This guy obviously didn't spend any time really working with MPlayer (which by the way is my favorite player). If he had, he might have gone to the website and found the w32 dlls that allow playback of even windows media files. I've often only been able to playback some wmv files on mplayer when they won't play in windows media player! So after the first paragraph I stopped reading. Some people just shouldn't use linux I suppose, and I think those people are called managers.
JWZ - What is wrong with redhat 8?
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brsmith4
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If you run redhat 8, that horrible horrible linux distro, i'm not even going to get into how horrible it is, you can get xine with DVD support installed in 3 cryptic commands (after downloading assloads of associated package(s)):
See, it sucks cuz you have to install like these *two* new package managers. What were these fuckwads thinking? Then, like, xine sucks because it has one of those borderless window thingies without a title bar. Morons
Then, when its finally installed after the arduous installation process, you only get like mpg, divx, dvd, quicktime (w/plugin for sorenson), and all these other gay ass formats that no one ever uses.
I'm probably going to get a Mac because etc, etc, video for linux really sucks, etc, etc.
Re:What a grumpy asshole
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eddie666
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Linux is not the be all, end all...however, for the past 7 years, my desktops and servers have been crash free. I had to reboot my f-ing windows box 4 times this week. Linux still has a long way to go with implementing certain applications, but windows has a long way to go to actually producing anything resembling a stable environment.
Re:How about what's wrong with JWZ?
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bogie
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
He's an asshole. All he does now is try to shit on the Mozilla project and make it look bad. Have a look at his blog, he's a bitter douchebag.
Re: his sarcastic "review on the state of linux video". Fuck him, stick with Windows next time.
There, now my comments are on the same level as his.
-- If you wanna get rich, you know that payback is a bitch
Re:Linux users must hate themselves
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IamTheRealMike
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Until then, I'll use a Mac.
OK. As you have chosen to not help out, we'd appreciate it if you avoided posting useless rants on Slashdot. You may think the current situation with media players is a bad one, feel free to ignore it until it gets better.
In the same fashion, I will avoid pointing out that if buying a Mac didn't mean paying for massively overpriced and inflexible hardware, combined with an OS with an UI I can't stand (or change to something I can stand), being taken up the ass by a company that regularly screws over its customers AND losing the software freedom that is about the only chance we have of restoring some semblance of normality to the industry, if it didn't mean all of that I might buy one.
Because until then, I'll use a Linux PC.
See how pointless these posts are? They add nothing to the debate. There are plenty of people who are trying to improve multimedia in general, rants such as the above add nothing and don't help that effort.
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mplayer -- doesn't like the UI
gstreamer -- doesn't want to install the required libs
xine -- doesn't know how to use a file browser (or pass args on the CL)
ogle -- doesn't do what he wants, even though it makes no claims that it does
This is a review of "video on Linux" how exactly?
When JWZ left the Moz project in a huff, I was alarmed because I'd heard what a great programmer he was and I thought Mozilla was never going to be released. The above review (and the amazing state of Mozilla) only bolster my belief that JWZ is a primo donna past his prime. All that's left is the rage and none of the talent.
Why is this guy's rant considered "news that matters"? If I wanted to be exposed to that much bitching and cursing I'd just ask my wife. Personally I run mplayer on RH 7.2, I compiled it, and have no trouble resizing, moving, or using it. It plays everything. And for DVDs Ogle is hard to beat. Hell, can I write a review and get it posted?
Worst. Review. Ever.
If thou see a fair woman pay court to her, for thus thou wilt obtain love
I don't get the point of the author?! If he was to pay for those pieces of software he wouldn't be that verbose would he. Maybe he could try developping sommething, since the source code is there. If I was to rate that i'd say : FLAME HIM GOOD! and hey, slashdotters, give us something better to chew..
-- Or So Tewfik Wrote. --
Hell, can I write a review and get it posted?
No, what with none of us caring in the least about about what you think. JWZ, on the other hand, is a man to whom you should listen when he speaks.
"+5 Insightful" my ass,. Goddamn kids don't even respect their elders these days...
-Waldo Jaquith
Here's the real story.
I've got a Compaq Presario 7110US running Linux.
Complete with WinTV Theatre, firewire, DVD Burner, etc. I've got vcr compiled and installed, the latest avilib support, transcode, and mpeg2enc.
Here's what I do. I use vcr to program the time and channel of the show I want to record. I can then choose any encoding format. For tv shows I use mpeg4 (DIVX). The show is saved on my server in the basement. I can play the movie on my Sharp Zaurus 5500-SL , developement computer (Presario 7110US) or my linux gaming computer connected to my TV. Also I create videos with a Samsung SDC-80 camcorder (firewire mini dv) and
Kino (Run on Linux). I then save to mpeg2 and
encode 9kbit video to dvd and play it on my DVD player. This is TOO simple.
Why did Slashdot give this idiot bandwidth to
begin with.
This guy is obviously not intelligent enough to be using linux in the first place. RPM's? c'mon, use use debs at least if you're not going to compile it yourself :-) This guy obviously didn't spend any time really working with MPlayer (which by the way is my favorite player). If he had, he might have gone to the website and found the w32 dlls that allow playback of even windows media files. I've often only been able to playback some wmv files on mplayer when they won't play in windows media player! So after the first paragraph I stopped reading. Some people just shouldn't use linux I suppose, and I think those people are called managers.
If you run redhat 8, that horrible horrible linux distro, i'm not even going to get into how horrible it is, you can get xine with DVD support installed in 3 cryptic commands (after downloading assloads of associated package(s)):
1: rpm -Uvh apt*.rpm
2: apt-get update && apt-get update
3: apt-get install xine
See, it sucks cuz you have to install like these *two* new package managers. What were these fuckwads thinking? Then, like, xine sucks because it has one of those borderless window thingies without a title bar.
Morons
Then, when its finally installed after the arduous installation process, you only get like mpg, divx, dvd, quicktime (w/plugin for sorenson), and all these other gay ass formats that no one ever uses.
I'm probably going to get a Mac because etc, etc, video for linux really sucks, etc, etc.
Linux is not the be all, end all...however, for the past 7 years, my desktops and servers have been crash free. I had to reboot my f-ing windows box 4 times this week. Linux still has a long way to go with implementing certain applications, but windows has a long way to go to actually producing anything resembling a stable environment.
He's an asshole. All he does now is try to shit on the Mozilla project and make it look bad. Have a look at his blog, he's a bitter douchebag.
Re: his sarcastic "review on the state of linux video". Fuck him, stick with Windows next time.
There, now my comments are on the same level as his.
If you wanna get rich, you know that payback is a bitch
OK. As you have chosen to not help out, we'd appreciate it if you avoided posting useless rants on Slashdot. You may think the current situation with media players is a bad one, feel free to ignore it until it gets better.
In the same fashion, I will avoid pointing out that if buying a Mac didn't mean paying for massively overpriced and inflexible hardware, combined with an OS with an UI I can't stand (or change to something I can stand), being taken up the ass by a company that regularly screws over its customers AND losing the software freedom that is about the only chance we have of restoring some semblance of normality to the industry, if it didn't mean all of that I might buy one.
Because until then, I'll use a Linux PC.
See how pointless these posts are? They add nothing to the debate. There are plenty of people who are trying to improve multimedia in general, rants such as the above add nothing and don't help that effort.