Death of MPlayer

[Grifter]

This makes me sad. Get it while you can...

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/index.html

[LosT]

This makes me sad. Get it while you can...

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/index.html

I can't tell you how many times Mplayer was the only player I could get running on certain distros....

That's too bad.

LosT

[TheCotMan]

This makes me sad. Get it while you can...

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/index.html

Between mplayer and xine, I could play almost everything. What is next? A similar page for xine?

Thanks for the news, Grifter.

[converge]

well poop on a stick. it's times like these that remind me of EFF.

[allentrace]

well poop on a stick. it's times like these that remind me of EFF.

Maybe they need an EFF across the pond, care to start one?

[dYn4mic]

aww man... mplayer rules (well ruled)...
I liked its non gui lifestyle and wealth of codecs... bummer.. Good info though.

What makes mplayer diff that xine?

[TheCotMan]

This makes me sad. Get it while you can...
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/index.html

I re-read the page, and this is a warning and meant to generate political support in the EU to allow them to stick around before they start enforcing laws.

[font size=4]Closed for patent infringement[/font]

This headline might soon become a reality due to the numerous patented techniques MPlayer implements. Next up are the other free software multimedia players, like FFmpeg, xine, VLC, avifile, gstreamer.

First time I read it, it looked like they knew of a pending legal action. Now I read it and it looks more like, "We can see the writing on the walls, and our future is uncertain. Please help us with political support in the EU or else we really will go away."

I think they changed the text between the first time I looked at it and now. :-p
(It reports being modified 3/29/05)