[KLUG Members] media players

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > Funny thing is, it plays WMV files made by our Safety Training
> > department on a Windows XP Media machine with a much nicer picture and
> > smoother audio than Windows Media Player 10, I mean it is really
> > noticeable - go figure.
> Downloaded it yesterday, had no time yet to try. There website is full of
> warnings about patents. They seem to be unsure how long there remain
> active. 

Yeah, it has been like that for a very long time.  The mplayer team is
kind of an extreme reactionary/paranoid group.  There documentation used
to contain a 'your a moron if this does not work for you' clause (and
moron is my nice and cleaned-up translation).  These guys make a great
little media player, other than that I route everything they say into
the same bucket as Jerry Falwell and Louis Farahkan.

> Is wma indeed protected by patents? 

Beats me.

> I have read somewhere that it is develloped by a third party not M$ that is.

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