Fluendo Launches the Ultimate Media Center for Linux Operative Systems

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 01:38:34AM -0400, Michael Lauzon wrote:
> I think they meant "Operating" and not 'Operative':
> 
> "Barcelona, SPAIN – March 15, 2010- Fluendo S.A. is delighted to
> announce release of the ultimate Media Center for Linux Operative
> Systems.
> 
> "Fluendo is an established leading provider of multimedia plug-ins for
> the GNU/Linux Market, and has succeeded in offering legal end-to-end
> solutions working with multiple formats and platforms.

Really?  Never heard of them before.

> "Fluendo has announced the release of its Media Center, a software
> application developed by the Spanish company. Fluendo Media Center’s
> versatility was evident from the off when it was used for reproducing
> a whole manner of multimedia in a variety of devices using completely
> different platforms. Whether on Windows, Linux or Open Solaris; on
> netbooks, mobile internet devices (MIDs), notebooks or set-top boxes,
> Fluendo Media Center demonstrated not only its outstanding
> adaptability, but also its multiple features, attractive graphics and
> user-friendly interface. This first release will only be operational
> on Linux distributions but it is expected to get the application
> running on Windows in the near future.
> 
> “The market was missing this legal solution based upon the GStreamer
> framework. Fluendo Media Center provides end users with a smooth
> playback and all correspondent licenses from patent holders. We have
> worked hard to build a global solution that encompasses all of our
> products as whole, and we have succeeded”, explained Pascal Pegaz
> Paquet, Fluendo’s co-founder.
> 
> "Fluendo Media Center gathers all Fluendo’s expertise in software
> development for Multimedia in one single application, since it comes
> with all Fluendo’s software integrated and their respective patent
> licenses. After obtaining outstanding results with the codecs and the
> DVD Player, Fluendo decided to integrate all these solutions into one
> single application that meets every conceivable expectation: it
> reproduces DVDs regardless of the region and CSS encryptions, and
> plays audio and video files of all major formats.

I thought we had been able to do any region DVD playback for about a
decade on linux now.  How is this news?

> "We were delighted to see Fluendo bring the first genuine Dolby
> certified DVD player to Linux earlier this year. For the first time
> Linux users have the assurance of the quality of their DVD playback
> experience through Dolby’s extensive testing and certification of this
> product,” said Mary Anderson, Marketing Director, PC Segment, Dolby
> Laboratories. (NYSE:DLB)

Not that it isn't possible to get it right without being certified
by Dolby.

> "Fluendo is developing state of the art solutions to playback videos
> and music on different operative systems and devices. More news on the
> availability of further versions of the Fluendo Media Center and other
> Fluendo multimedia solutions will be featured on the website
> www.fluendo.com"
> 
> http://www.fluendo.com/press/fluendo-launches-ultimate-media-center-linux-operative-systems/

Silly company.  Changed the URL to:
http://www.fluendo.com/press/fluendo-launches-ultimate-media-center-linux-operating-systems/

So for €40 you get something that does less than mythtv does for free.
OK then.

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