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Lord PsyPing:
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hm_murdock:
Sure you can. Just not watch it. As for what will the members at your site say? Who cares? Tell them true. Tell them that whatever format you switch to is better.

worker201:

--- Quote from: Lord PsyPing ---Whether you like it or not, you can't escape from it yet.
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Oh, but sir, I have escaped.  If it cannot be played with mplayer or VLC or xine, I don't need to watch it.

Welcome, by the way.

Orethrius:

--- Quote from: Lord PsyPing ---The sad truth, however, is that many, many media files on the internet are wmv... I hate it too, but I use it when I have to...
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I have win32codecs installed with Mplayer for desperate situations, too.  It's called peer pressure - if others can't make use of your system, by their standards, your system must be useless.  That doesn't mean I have to like - or even accept - either so-called "standard".  What you're REALLY saying there is that people (the vast majority, at any rate) are too stupid to use anything other than Movie Maker to submit their content.  I don't buy that - it's Microsoft's marketing prowess that has conviniced those users to live in ignorance, but it doesn't make them any less intelligent.


--- Quote from: Lord PsyPing ---For example, I run a site where we collect funny movies, image, texts... I can imagine what members will say if I start banning al Windows media...
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"You mean we have to use LINUX now?"
"No."
"Well, how else can we make videos in Windows?"


Your duty, as a sysop, should be to encourage bold new ways to consider the same old marketplace - and if you're revenue-based, your pocketbook will thank you for such considerations.  Sticking to the norm hardly makes your site a unique product in the grand scheme of things.


--- Quote from: Lord PsyPing ---Whether you like it or not, you can't escape from it yet.
--- End quote ---

Fair enough, but a good number of us already have.  There is little point in preaching to the choir on these matters, good sir.  Eric Schmidt & Sergey Brin's site doesn't accept WinMedia, and it's doing just fine.  Hell, even Putfile accepts AVI, MPG, MOV, and  MP4 in addition to varying flavours of WinMedia.  My point is that neither site is likely to go anywhere anytime soon (especially not Google).

Welcome to the forums, btw.  :)

H_TeXMeX_H:

--- Quote from: Lord PsyPing ---The sad truth, however, is that many, many media files on the internet are wmv... I hate it too, but I use it when I have to...

For example, I run a site where we collect funny movies, image, texts... I can imagine what members will say if I start banning al Windows media...

Whether you like it or not, you can't escape from it yet.
--- End quote ---

With the "non-free" and probably also "illegal in the US" codecs and Mplayer or Xine you can play any wmv out there. I very much prefer any other format than wmv, simply because it's horrible. If you haven't seen the horrible quality, go find yourself the same movie encoded in wmv and any other format. The wmv will always lose.

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