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Turbolinux Licenses Windows Media 9

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-first dept.

spike-288 writes "According a press release, Turbolinux is the first major Linux distributor to license and ship a media player capable of streaming Windows Media audio and video. The new product, "Turbolinux 10 F..." is based on Turbolinux 10 Desktop but will also include licensed versions of Macromedia Flash, legal commercial DVD playback (via Cyberlink's PowerDVD player), RealPlayer 8, commercial Kanji fonts and iPod support via gtkpod (including enhanced functionality)." Update: 04/28 02:33 GMT by T : Prostoalex adds "The Windows Media codecs for Linux will be available for download for $64, the complete TurboLinux OS will cost $150 in Japan and the United States."

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  1. Still waiting for open video... by PurifyTheMind · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...royalty free, open source, free video format sure would be nice. Something that could dynamically detect one's streaming speed capability would be nice too instead of these kludgey "100 K, 300 K, 500 K" options. I heard a long while back that the Ogg Vorbis people were working on an open video standard, but haven't heard anything new since. Anyone know of updates?

  2. proprietary formats by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Even though you have a free OS, as long as there are no comparable free GPLed apps available people are stuck with a proprietary evil that can dictate how/when you use your own files. Real is no saviour either. I made some old .rm files and now they are useless and no longer playable on todays realplayer. I'm a victim of tech-rot. I may as well have made analogue copies on cassette and watched them slowly demagnetize. Until a decent open source format can be found for video, we're going to suffer the consequences.

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    I just tested his hypothesis with predictable results. I heard "Oops I did it again". Based on this observation, I think that if I use dog poop I'll get some Outta Sync stuff. Who needs peer to peer when you've got toilet paper?

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  4. Re:110% Off-Topic by ThaReetLad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it's currently approaching 100 million!!

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