[MPlayer-users] Kiss DP players and GPL

[Anton Solovyev]

Uwe Beutin wrote:

> apart from the GPL violation of the KiSS players, has anyone heard
> or read about any comment from KiSS technologies?!
> 
> I have just ordered one of these players (the DP-500) and after
> having read the posts on the mplayer homepage I feel that I did
> the wrong thing... I love mplayer!
> 
> I wanted to get a noise-free streaming client into my living room
> and this was by far the cheapest type of hardware that I could
> get.  I am now thinking about cancelling my order and setting up
> my own machine albeit the fact that this would be more expensive.
> 
> Hints, tips or comments about this? Thanks for you suggestions,

I wish MPlayer copied just about any other dvd player out there in being 
able to deal with menus... Why somebody would want to copy MPlayer is 
beyond me. Even cheapest hardware players are more functional.

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Anton Solovyev