Re: [LUG] PowerDVD - still non-free and proprietary

[Mark Mitchell <m.l.mitchell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:48:09 +0100, Dave Trudgian <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I dare say for many Linux users, including myself, there are proprietary
> binaries that make linux a usable single desktop solution.

Unfortunately there are occasions when you almost have to use
proprietary software, but I think there's a kind of moral obligation
to use Open Source alternatives whenever possible.

> I despise
> xine, ogle, mplayer etc as they lack features,

Well they play avi's, divx's, etc, etc, very well. I thought that was
what they were meant to do - I'm rather curious what other "features"
you think are required.

> and have always been
> flaky for me.

I've had bad experiences with both Free and Non Free software so if
you say they've been flaky fair enough, but my experience has been
different. I personally like to use gmplayer and ogle and I've used
them on all sorts of hardware and OS without the slightest problem. I
suspect you've been very unlucky if you've had significant trouble.

Mark

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