Re: [Fsfe-uk] BBC's DRM Iplayer windows only

[Dave Crossland]

On 08/01/2008, Noah Slater <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 11:29:31AM +0000, Dave Crossland wrote:
> > > What they are suggesting is option IV which is recreate youtube with a
> > > free format, which still includes Option a, which fails for the same 
> > > reason.
> >
> > Gnash will enable a youtube with a free format using the Flash
> > architecture but 100% free software, because it spans the Gnash
> > runtime and Cygnal, a replacement for Flash Media Server.
>
> But the original point I was elluding to was that YouTube is really,
> really, really, really, really, smegging big. It's not going anywhere soon.
>
> It's all well and good waxing lyrical about how X or Y suggestions
> would work if only YouTube used this format or that format, but it's
> not very constructive because YouTube don't do any of that yet.
>
> Gnash works here and now for using YouTube and that's vitally important.

+1 :-)

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Regards,
Dave