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    Fedora 8: I need to PAY to watch my videos?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by JCMS, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. JCMS

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    So I tried all of my videos (.avi, mpg, wmv....) and it keeps telling me "You need the plugins to play this video". It is not a problem at this stage but it tells me I gotta PAY for them?

    The only free pluggins are the MP3 & MPEG-1 ones. WTF?
    MPEG-2 was integrated in Windows / Mint and MPEG-4 can be gotten freely @divx.com.
     
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    Okay thanks, I'm gonna do that once I get internet working on it.

    But that sucks though that the OS asks you to pay fori t
     
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    lol yah.. thats exactally the reason i went back to ubuntu. Fedora 7 was so good...

    even after reading that page i wont go back just because of the fact that they went in the "paying" direction. Linux was always free to me... i dunno, just my person preference i guess :)
     
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