On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Simon Kenyon <simon@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: >> >> The answer was responsive to the question, a couple of links to software >> which might serve. I would think your going off about it was further >> off-topic, it certainly didn't help the O.P. any. When someone ends a >> question with "please help" I would assume that any answer would be better >> than "we're working on it." Answering an on-topic question with a short list >> of links is hardly "spamming" or even advertising, it's called being polite >> and helpful. >> >> I would rather run commercial software on Linux that open source on >> Windows, thanks, if those are the choices. >> >> After several months of looking I have yet to find any video app that a >> typical office worker can use. Something no more complex than xawtv, which >> has been running fine on FC4 and FC6 for these folks. I would certainly >> consider a commercial solution rather than have them go back to the dark >> side of the force and Windows-7. >> > > i've followed the advice of marcus in the past > and that is why for over a year i had a completely useless piece of hardware > in the end the "real" developers here sorted the problem out > > this list is for people who run or want to run the drivers at linuxtv.org > so no, i don't think i was off-topic > he constantly spams the list here with his closed source commercial solution > just about my only job on this list is to counter his bull > I have followed this one too for a longer time too. In general it seems like that people were just fighting the existing and working solution from Marcus. I'm actually glad that someone is standing up and trying to make everything easier now. It would be more helpful if you could add some helpful information how to get the devices work, rather than complaining about someone (especially on personal level as it seems) who supposingly brought up a competitive solution. The only issue I see is that this announced work is not opensource, but I'd also rather leave that one open to the enduser instead of generally fighting against it.. Some people here have an aggressiv potential it seems. just my 2 cents, James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
