On 10/1/06, Fastfission <fastfission(a)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...