Jon Bringing WMV9 to Linux

julie-h writes "DVD Jon has done it again. This time it wasn't Apple the target, but Microsoft's WMV9 video format. There is as always a working Proof of Concept program with screenshots."

How does Jon

[cdgod]

sit in his chair with those two big brass ones?

Nice...

[Zen]

Thanksgiving night, and there's still enough of us sitting around doing nothing better than looking at /. that the pictures are already down.

Re:How does Jon

[physicsphairy]

Well, the chair produces an induction in his... "Ooh! Tingly!!!"

Re:Nice...

[FrYGuY101]

Hey, some people watch football, we sit around harassing poor server admins.

Everybody has hobbies!

Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

The critical question is: why? There's no legitimate reason to want WMV.

whats the difference between.

[Man in Spandex]

wmv9 and a slashdotted site?

One's a sick duck... I can't remember how it ends but your (you slashdotters) mother's a whore.

OH man

[Anonymous Coward]

./ 'd already !

It that a record ?..hehehe

Or were Bills lawyers watching ?

Re:Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

To watch porn, duh.

Go Jon!

[Tokerat]

It's people like DVD Jon who make me feel like a total sham everytime someone calls me a "computer genius". What's he got for us next?

Spandex?

[Anonymous Coward]

Flanders: It's like I'm wearing nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all...

Re:Nice...

[mr_exit]

I dont know what kind of wacky "time zone" you are caught in, somewhere where it is night already! here it's just a normal old friday afternoon.

What colour is the grass in your world?

Gnome and Fedora

[darkninja2000]

Heh, DVD Jon uses gnome and fedora! Noob! ... no wait...

Outrageous

[Anonymous Coward]

DVD Jon belongs in Gitmo [thenausea.com] for committing crimes against American businesses.

Now...

[Anonymous Coward]

Take me to your source....
So I can make tee-shirts out of it....
Then make a song, poem and even a music video from the same code... :)

Re:Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a mother in law who is Hungarian, when she visits, she watches hungarian language programming, offered only in, windows media format.

I think, you might have missed, a few, commas. I know Wil Wheaton posts to Slashdot, but I didn't know about Shatner.

Re:Gnome and Fedora

[Saeger]

What? You'd rather have him dicking around wasting time with some elitist MoreArcaneThanThou-OS, than writing useful code that gets something done?

Better laugh at me too now - I run KDE w/ SuSE so I must be a EuroN00b. Blah. kiddies and their ricer OS's.

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Re:Media Companies Should Support Linux

[Stephen Samuel]

It really wouldn't be that hard for Microsoft to release a generic codec pack for Linux.

It would also be really easy for President Bush Jr to release the Nuclear Launch Codes to Al Qaeda.

The difference is: You never know what Bush will do tomorrow.

Re:Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah... his children will be way smarter than him... always a pain.

Next Obvious step ...

[Stephen Samuel]

I wonder what Microsoft is gonna have Jon charged with?

Re:Bringing WMV9 to linux

[Pugflop]

Sure there is!

>gcc mycrap.c

Compiling...

SYNTAX ERROR!

Re:Slashdotted already

[cerebis]

Bah, there are too many bloggers with too little to say anyhow. Considered /. an evolutionary mechanism. :)

Re:Why?

[kidgenius]

I have a mother in law who is Hungarian, when she visits, she watches hungarian language programming, offered only in, windows media format.

What nationality is she when she isn't visiting?

Insert SNL Han Solo Screen test skit here

[stor]

Cut-n-pasted from http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96jstarwars1.phtml

Voice of Director: Christopher Walken, Han Solo screen test. Okay, Chris, whenever you're ready.

Christopher Walken: "I'm Captain of.. the Millenium.. Falcon. Chewie here.. tells me.. you're looking for passage.. to the.. alderaan system."

Voice of Director: "Yes, indeed, It's a fast ship."

Christopher Walken: "Fast.. ship? You've never heard.. of the.. millenium falcon? It's the ship.. that made the kessel run.. in less than.. 12 parsecs. She's.. fast enough.. for you.. old man.." That sucked! I'm sorry.. [ turns and walks away ] You know.. I had it..

Cheers
Stor

p.s. If you haven't seen this skit, try googling for it. It may only be available in .wmv though ;)

Re:Next Obvious step ...

[kylemonger]

With thirty billion in the bank I think they can just have him killed.

Re:Nice...

[cammoblammo]

All your users are belong to US!!!

Mate, I've got to get a life...

Re:Mixed feelings

[Alsee]

192 kilobit mp3, and compare it to an about 160 kilobyte variable rate ogg

Well I certainly HOPE a 1280 kilobit ogg would win :D

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Re:Why?

[NanoGator]

"The critical question is: why? There's no legitimate reason to want WMV."

You're right. Linux is so much better off with fewer capabilities.

Re:A step closer to breaking WMV DRM?

[mikrorechner]

Heck, I've had to use DeCSS to extract MPEG files from DVDs of MY OWN HOME VIDEOS because the original tapes were damaged.

Maybe I don't get you right here, but how the hell did you get CSS encryption on your "OWN HOME VIDEOS"?

Is there a tool like EnCSS somewhere out there, for making watching your own videos a pain in the ass or what?

Re:Mixed feelings

[Anonymous Coward]

Hell, my ears are 70 years old and I wore out 3 rifle barrels before I ever bought any earmuffs

Now those pesky kids go some where else to play their modern music.

Well, those that are left that is.