WMV9 codec for xine?

[Derick Centeno]

Gee Cian:

I've never met anyone who is an expert in all the areas of human 
endeavor and scholarship.  I also don't recall seeing a stipulation 
requiring users of the YDL list to be experts with documented Masters 
or Doctorate degrees any area of scholarship.  What I have read is that 
one take or engage in a reasonable amount of discourse regarding YDL 
issues in a congenial manner within one's skill and capacity for 
contribution based upon what resources one can discover or those 
resources/skills one has developed.

It goes without explanation that different persons with different 
skills will present or refer to different resources.  Perhaps some 
resources referred to will be simplistic for some, whereas the same 
information will be considered by others exceedingly complex.  Having 
participated here for quite some period I've learned to attempt 
addressing questions at the level they are presented and no farther, 
encouraging one pursue the matter on their own in more detail if one is 
so inclined.

When I do come across some areas which I'm not overly familiar with I 
do resort to doing some reading regarding a project at their website.  
Some of what I discover when I visit a project's website is an 
educational experience for me; sometimes I decide it really is best to 
merely refer someone to the website so they are empowered to decide for 
themselves what they need and perhaps contact the developers themselves 
regarding more questions if they are inclined to do so.

I don't see a problem with what I wrote within it's context.  Certainly 
the designer's of xine are well aware of what they can do and I'm very 
sure that they are competent regarding their own project to address 
technical questions regarding any components they use or design which 
may arise regarding whatever they support, as well as why or why not.

With due respect to whatever your skills and knowledge base may be, I 
don't see what your complaint really is about in this context.  I 
referred the individual to the xine project and mailing list for 
further information.

In my view, to use an analogy, I've referred someone commenting upon a 
certain model car to that manufacturer while making a passing comment 
about the wheels (or any other part) it uses.  It appears that you are 
engaged upon educating me that I should know the specifics regarding 
those wheels (or any other part).  That's fine as far as it goes; that 
specific knowledge is beyond my current expertise, but really don't you 
think that the consumer, or here in our context a potential user, 
should be able to discover direct from the manufacturer (or here the 
project) the exact specifics?

Really, Cian, why isn't that enough?

On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Cian Duffy wrote:

>> Anyway, you could join their mailing list and submit a feature 
>> request.
>>   It shouldn't be a big deal as they support WMV.  They have other
>> backends, you could also explore those at their website.  The variety
>> however is rather easy to get lost in.
>>
>
> Derick - its an absolutely massive deal, there is close to zero
> information on how the codec works, and its completely different from
> the old WMV1 and WMV2 codecs. They cannot support it easily, at all.
> They also, as every other media player does, get their Windows Media
> Everything support from FFmpeg, not any codecs of their own. I suggest
> you do some research before posting in future...
>
> Cian
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