▲ 1281 ▼ Shitting on Windows built-in media player if you didn't know (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments And jeez what happened to it anyways? It actually used to be pretty decent back in the 98/XP/7 days :(
[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 151 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) "Oh no, I can't play this modern video file using a codec that's literally been around for more than 10 years unless you pay me $0.99 for a codec pack..." Every single time I forget to change it and I want to play an h265 file from my phone. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] sleen@lemmy.zip 87 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] shneancy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago sometimes i forget the "new and improved" version exists, i switched my default to the old media player years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago It's also partly the patent holders for H.265. H.264 had a license fee, but it wasn't ridiculous. It was jacked up for 265, to the point that a lot of software houses no longer bundle the 265 decoder license. It annoys me too: Security cameras often use turnkey H.265 encoding packages rather than more open codecs, which makes dealing with the files using FOSS more of a pita. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think this part actually isn't enshittification. I think this is being legally cautious, as you probably should be when you're Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Yeah blame some for using a nonfree format lol, literally none wise uses it permalink fedilink source parent [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago VLC bypasses this by being based in a country that doesn’t recognize the software patent permalink fedilink source parent
[+] sleen@lemmy.zip 87 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] shneancy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago sometimes i forget the "new and improved" version exists, i switched my default to the old media player years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago It's also partly the patent holders for H.265. H.264 had a license fee, but it wasn't ridiculous. It was jacked up for 265, to the point that a lot of software houses no longer bundle the 265 decoder license. It annoys me too: Security cameras often use turnkey H.265 encoding packages rather than more open codecs, which makes dealing with the files using FOSS more of a pita. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think this part actually isn't enshittification. I think this is being legally cautious, as you probably should be when you're Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Yeah blame some for using a nonfree format lol, literally none wise uses it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago sometimes i forget the "new and improved" version exists, i switched my default to the old media player years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago It's also partly the patent holders for H.265. H.264 had a license fee, but it wasn't ridiculous. It was jacked up for 265, to the point that a lot of software houses no longer bundle the 265 decoder license. It annoys me too: Security cameras often use turnkey H.265 encoding packages rather than more open codecs, which makes dealing with the files using FOSS more of a pita. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I think this part actually isn't enshittification. I think this is being legally cautious, as you probably should be when you're Microsoft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Yeah blame some for using a nonfree format lol, literally none wise uses it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Yeah blame some for using a nonfree format lol, literally none wise uses it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago VLC bypasses this by being based in a country that doesn’t recognize the software patent permalink fedilink source parent
