Re: Installation
On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:38:01 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 16:12 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:05:48 +0200
> > Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > > Even if you install all codecs that are available for Linux, you are not
> > > able to join every video from the Internet.
> > > Consumers need more codecs than are available for Linux. The "rarely" is
> > > relatively.
> >
> > I have no idea what you're watching and listening to, but how often
> > does a user actually run into multimedia for which there's no linux
> > codec?
>
> I produce and listen to music and films where I don't need to care that
> much about codecs, I'm talking about experiences other people made.
I understand what you're saying, but once again, I never have any
problems playing A/V floating around on the internet.
> However, I noticed myself, that some containers can't be played or a
> browser does play those containers one time and then you have to reboot.
> The videos I like to watch, that I can't watch, are usually YouTube
> music videos, that are taken out by the GEMA mafia. GEMA is the German
Once again, you're hand waving; I challenge you to show some real world
cases of A/V that won't play on Debian.
> collecting society for music. But that's another issue.
> OTOH the reason for the codec disaster is that some companies, mafias,
> simply are greedy.
There's no 'disaster', as I keep pointing out to you.
> YMMV,
> Ralf
Celejar
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