rjamorim
Mar 9 2005, 17:24
http://forum.bsplayer.org/viewtopic.php?t=6426Some 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.
indybrett
Mar 9 2005, 18:44
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.
Well, I think Im going to give media player classic a try.
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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.
rjamorim
Mar 9 2005, 20:35
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...
Gabriel
Mar 9 2005, 22:19
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.
rjamorim
Mar 9 2005, 23:57
Too bad, it was becoming funny.
kwanbis
Mar 10 2005, 00:15
yeah, looked too much like a inocents day joke
