Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Aug 2007 00:16 UTC, submitted by irbis
"With the release of Windows Vista, using your PC to watch and record TV has become a whole lot easier. Now, for the first time, Windows Media Center comes bundled with Home Premium and Ultimate versions of the standard Desktop operating system. However, Vista is pricey, and its form and function are of course dictated by Microsoft. If you want full control over your Home Theater PC, and don't want to have to pay Microsoft for it, then Linux is a more than capable alternative base for building a system of your own."
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2006-02-15
if you use the package w32codecs on your system, you are violating a liscence agreement, I don't care where you live. It is a redistribution of dlls copied from commercial programs, violating several liscence restrictions. There are other options which are legal however, such as ffmpeg, or vlc.
I am in no way a lawyer or such, but here in Finland there was a case a few years back that the judge stated that any such license agreement where you have to click on Yes/No button are not valid in Finland. He stated clearly that such agreements are valid only if made face-to-face by the client and a representative of the corporation selling the software. So, I might be wrong, but I assume using w32codecs in Finland is legal.