| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 19 Sep 2000 at 23:46:11 |
| Subject: | Re: Anyone hear about ASX ? |
Matt Sealey said,
> Hello Neil
>> Isn't it a bastardisation of MPEG4?
> Yes, which is most of the reason why it's better. You still can't play it on
> your Amiga, it struggles to play on most PCs.
I can't play it on my PC unless I reboot :(
>> Don't you just love standards, especially the proprietary ones :<)
> It's hardly a proprietary standard, is MPEG4. It's just the way Microsoft
> decided to package it ;)
MPEG4 isn't, but the ASF variation is. If MPEG4 is so good, why did M$
have to mess with it? (that's a rhetorical question BTW). After a search
of the various archives and search engines, I found the grand total of
one player for this format, Microsofts own crappy Windows Media Player.
Neil
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