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Jon Bringing WMV9 to Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yes-have-some dept.

julie-h writes "DVD Jon has done it again. This time it wasn't Apple the target, but Microsoft's WMV9 video format. There is as always a working Proof of Concept program with screenshots."

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  1. How does Jon by cdgod · · Score: 5, Funny

    sit in his chair with those two big brass ones?

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    1. Re:How does Jon by physicsphairy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, the chair produces an induction in his... "Ooh! Tingly!!!"

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  2. Nice... by Zen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanksgiving night, and there's still enough of us sitting around doing nothing better than looking at /. that the pictures are already down.

    1. Re:Nice... by FrYGuY101 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey, some people watch football, we sit around harassing poor server admins.

      Everybody has hobbies!

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    2. Re:Nice... by mr_exit · · Score: 3, Funny

      I dont know what kind of wacky "time zone" you are caught in, somewhere where it is night already! here it's just a normal old friday afternoon.

      What colour is the grass in your world?

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    3. Re:Nice... by cammoblammo · · Score: 2, Funny

      All your users are belong to US!!!

      Mate, I've got to get a life...

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  3. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The critical question is: why? There's no legitimate reason to want WMV.

    1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      To watch porn, duh.

    2. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      I have a mother in law who is Hungarian, when she visits, she watches hungarian language programming, offered only in, windows media format.

      I think, you might have missed, a few, commas. I know Wil Wheaton posts to Slashdot, but I didn't know about Shatner.

    3. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah... his children will be way smarter than him... always a pain.

    4. Re:Why? by kidgenius · · Score: 5, Funny
      I have a mother in law who is Hungarian, when she visits, she watches hungarian language programming, offered only in, windows media format.

      What nationality is she when she isn't visiting?

    5. Re:Why? by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "The critical question is: why? There's no legitimate reason to want WMV."

      You're right. Linux is so much better off with fewer capabilities.

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  4. whats the difference between. by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 2, Funny

    wmv9 and a slashdotted site?

    One's a sick duck... I can't remember how it ends but your (you slashdotters) mother's a whore.

  5. OH man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ./ 'd already !

    It that a record ?..hehehe

    Or were Bills lawyers watching ?

  6. Go Jon! by Tokerat · · Score: 5, Funny


    It's people like DVD Jon who make me feel like a total sham everytime someone calls me a "computer genius". What's he got for us next?

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  7. Spandex? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Flanders: It's like I'm wearing nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all...

  8. Gnome and Fedora by darkninja2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh, DVD Jon uses gnome and fedora! Noob! ... no wait...

    1. Re:Gnome and Fedora by Saeger · · Score: 5, Funny
      What? You'd rather have him dicking around wasting time with some elitist MoreArcaneThanThou-OS, than writing useful code that gets something done?

      Better laugh at me too now - I run KDE w/ SuSE so I must be a EuroN00b. Blah. kiddies and their ricer OS's.

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  9. Outrageous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    DVD Jon belongs in Gitmo for committing crimes against American businesses.

  10. Now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Take me to your source....
    So I can make tee-shirts out of it....
    Then make a song, poem and even a music video from the same code... :)

  11. Re:Media Companies Should Support Linux by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 5, Funny
    It really wouldn't be that hard for Microsoft to release a generic codec pack for Linux.

    It would also be really easy for President Bush Jr to release the Nuclear Launch Codes to Al Qaeda.

    The difference is: You never know what Bush will do tomorrow.

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  12. Next Obvious step ... by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder what Microsoft is gonna have Jon charged with?

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    1. Re:Next Obvious step ... by kylemonger · · Score: 5, Funny

      With thirty billion in the bank I think they can just have him killed.

  13. Re:Bringing WMV9 to linux by Pugflop · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure there is!

    >gcc mycrap.c

    Compiling...

    SYNTAX ERROR!

  14. Re:Slashdotted already by cerebis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, there are too many bloggers with too little to say anyhow. Considered /. an evolutionary mechanism. :)

  15. Insert SNL Han Solo Screen test skit here by stor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cut-n-pasted from http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96jstarwars1.phtml

    Voice of Director: Christopher Walken, Han Solo screen test. Okay, Chris, whenever you're ready.

    Christopher Walken: "I'm Captain of.. the Millenium.. Falcon. Chewie here.. tells me.. you're looking for passage.. to the.. alderaan system."

    Voice of Director: "Yes, indeed, It's a fast ship."

    Christopher Walken: "Fast.. ship? You've never heard.. of the.. millenium falcon? It's the ship.. that made the kessel run.. in less than.. 12 parsecs. She's.. fast enough.. for you.. old man.." That sucked! I'm sorry.. [ turns and walks away ] You know.. I had it..

    Cheers
    Stor

    p.s. If you haven't seen this skit, try googling for it. It may only be available in .wmv though ;)

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  16. Re:Mixed feelings by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    192 kilobit mp3, and compare it to an about 160 kilobyte variable rate ogg

    Well I certainly HOPE a 1280 kilobit ogg would win :D

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  17. Re:A step closer to breaking WMV DRM? by mikrorechner · · Score: 2, Funny
    Heck, I've had to use DeCSS to extract MPEG files from DVDs of MY OWN HOME VIDEOS because the original tapes were damaged.
    Maybe I don't get you right here, but how the hell did you get CSS encryption on your "OWN HOME VIDEOS"?

    Is there a tool like EnCSS somewhere out there, for making watching your own videos a pain in the ass or what?
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  18. Re:Mixed feelings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hell, my ears are 70 years old and I wore out 3 rifle barrels before I ever bought any earmuffs

    Now those pesky kids go some where else to play their modern music.

    Well, those that are left that is.