On 10/1/06, Fastfission fastfission@gmail.com wrote:
100% agree. I still haven't figured out how to get OGG files to play correctly on any of my computers, and I'm more computer savvy than most.
On which step of the Media help page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help which should be linked next to almost every mediafile on enwiki) did you encounter problems?
I look forward to the day when OGG is a well-supported and easy-to-play format but until then,
I look forward to when media in general works without installation for most users.. but that isn't the case for Video at least: Flash, Realvideo, Quicktime, etc.. all require an installation on most PCs out there.. And in most of those cases the installation is more complex than following our media help.
Even with WMV a huge amount of the video out there is encoded with codes which Windows does not naively include... although Windows Media does have an autoinstlation facility which makes this painless for most users.
I don't think playing a little lowest-common-denominator is a bad thing when it comes to tech things, with the always-available option of linking up with the full file for those who really want to monkey with it.
Our content would not be free if we were distributing it inside proprietary and patented formats.
Fortunately free and easy to use are not at all mutually exclusive. ... although carrying out these silly arguments and getting actual word done are mutually exclusive .. so...