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Digital Audio/Video => Digital A/V News => Topic started by: rjamorim on 2005-03-09 16:24:09

Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: rjamorim on 2005-03-09 16:24:09
http://forum.bsplayer.org/viewtopic.php?t=6426 (http://forum.bsplayer.org/viewtopic.php?t=6426)

Some highlights:

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BSPlayer will now be named TCMP5 ("The Core Media Player 5").


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we look forward to acquiring new competition products as soon as possible.


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All users who bought a license for BSPlayer will have to buy it again, this time with extra taxes due to CoreCodec's policies.
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: indybrett on 2005-03-09 17:44:58
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

I already know I don't like the idea of having to buy it again. Guess I won't be upgrading anytime soon. I really like BSPlayer too.
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: Brink on 2005-03-09 17:59:55
Well, I think Im going to give media player classic a try.
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: kwanbis on 2005-03-09 19:06:26
looks like a joke
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: landy on 2005-03-09 19:31:55
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Licenses will be around 75 euros PER YEAR, and will renew automatically.


for a media player, sure i like BSplayer but that is far to much. i suggest people try vlc again if its been a few months since the last time they gave it a go, its dvd playback is much improved and it even does menu's well now.
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: rjamorim on 2005-03-09 19:35:11
Yes, the 75€ impressed me the most. That is more expensive than WinDVD deluxe, FFS! And WinDVD needs to pay licensing on lots of stuff - AC3, MPEG2, DTS, deCSS... meanwhile BSplayer, as far as I know, doesn't license anything.

Also, WinDVD is not licensed on a per-year basis...
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: Gabriel on 2005-03-09 21:19:19
75€ is way more than the licenses cost.
We have stand alone dvd players for 40€ in supermarkets and mpeg4-asp players starting at about 70€. Those stand-alone hardware players have to pay licenses, developement cost and manufacturing cost.
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: Tri on 2005-03-09 22:43:44
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91210 (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91210)

15. Post (by bond).
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: rjamorim on 2005-03-09 22:57:05
Too bad, it was becoming funny.
Title: BSplayer bought by CoreCodec (fake)
Post by: kwanbis on 2005-03-09 23:15:10
yeah, looked too much like a inocents day joke