kl33per Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Most importantly, at least in the build released at PDC, the MPEG-4 splitter sucks. It can't correctly handle multiple audio streams. Then again, the AVI splitter in Vista can't correctly handle multiple audio streams either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted November 17, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 17, 2008 They really could do with a few other formats... Ogg-related formats (Vorbis, Theora, etc.), at least, because Microsoft's competitors (most Linux distros and Apple) provide ways of playing ogg audio files at minimum (for video files and container formats, MPlayer and that ffplay application that comes with ffmpeg do well). Sure, things like the Combined Community Codec Pack, VLC, the K-Lite Codec [Mega] Pack and KMPlayer (not the KDE front-end to MPlayer) provide the necessary items to play these files, but it would be a lot better if Microsoft supported these formats out of the box. The only support Apple provides for Vorbis and Theora, is that they allow you to install 3rd party decoders into QuickTime, same level of support that MS provides. Until issues are resolved, Apple and MS won't ever support them, look how long it's taken MS to finally support H.264 in this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grik Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Finally MS adding something actually usefull, for the common consumer, to their new OS. I was one of the many that skipped Vista cause i hate bloatware. Thanks MS for resuming the track of sucess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeing 787 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 never heard of it. Sure VLC isnt better? VLC is great but kinda ugly...GOM is great and pretty too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lardiop Veteran Posted November 18, 2008 Veteran Share Posted November 18, 2008 VLC is great but kinda ugly...GOM is great and pretty too. Used both for a while, then I discovered 'The KMPlayer' http://www.download.com/The-KMPlayer/3000-...4-10659939.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boeing 787 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Used both for a while, then I discovered 'The KMPlayer'http://www.download.com/The-KMPlayer/3000-...4-10659939.html Kinda ugly as well..any good skins for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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