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preacher:

quote:Originally posted by Force:
I just bought RedHat Linux 8.0 yesterday, i must say i do love it even tho im a huge ass noob with it.  I noticed that i couldn't play MPG, MPEG, AVI, and so on right outa the box set.  What is a good media player to use for these extensions?  That is if Linux can even play them.  Thanks.
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Thats funny, I thought xmovie could play these formats just fine. Does Red Hat no longer come with xmovie?

beltorak0:
Red Hat pulled all MP3 en/decoders out of v8 because of a re-wording on the MP3 Patent Holder's License.

see this for more info.

Basically it was a misunderstanging; but an important one: MP3 is not "free as in speech", but right now it is "free as in beer".  Of course that could change....

rtgwbmsr:
Like I said - Ogg all the way. MP3 is a proprietary format for the RIAA to charge people with - in the future at least.

Edit: My 1000th post! Holy shit I spend a lot of time here!

[ February 06, 2003: Message edited by: The Muffin Man ]

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