Journal phyxeld's Journal: Microsoft WMA support officially coming to Linux 6
According to an article at Wininformant.com, Microsoft has asked a company called InterVideo to port WMA support to Linux. "We believe most of the major consumer electronics companies are looking at the Linux platform as a stable, low-cost solution for multimedia functionality," said Steve Ro, InterVideo's CEO. They aren't porting Windows Media Player, however, just bringing support for the format to embedded linux customers (read: PVR makers), "at low licensing costs". (So buckle your seatbelts, kids, cause linux warez are just around the corner
Update: jeffy124 pointed out that my submission wasn't accepted because it was already posted. I guess I missed some slashdot that day. But, really, when did
methinks.... (Score:1)
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oops.
This is just for embedded, right? (Score:2)
Re:This is just for embedded, right? (Score:1)
Re:This is just for embedded, right? (Score:2)
Re:This is just for embedded, right? (Score:1)
No, PowerPC chips.
Which is quite irrelevant. WMP runs on MacOS7.1 through OSX, so it can be run on the PowerPC platform.
Heck, the darned thing runs on Solaris, so it IS portable, when MS wants to port it that is.