multimedia program

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 12/23/05, Trevor TeC Christian <trevor at bouyon.dalive.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, December 23, 2005 3:12 pm, Arthur Pemberton said:
> > On 12/23/05, Nathan Low <nlow04 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Can Cyberlink PowerDVD 4.0 that's a windows program be compatible with
> >> Fedora core 4 if I buy the Crossover Office Standard 5.0?
> >>
> >> Is Xandros Linux operating system more suitable to people who work with
> >> multimedia all the time?
> >>
> >> Please respond.  Thanks.
> >>
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >
> > Nathan,
> >
> > Basically, unless you have something exotic to do in Fedora/Linux ,
> there
> > will not be a need to purchase any software.  I mean, if you have some
> > money
> > to spare, you can always fund a linux project. Otherwise I'm guessing
> you
> > will find the software frely available will meet your needs. There are
> of
> > course exceptions.
> >
> > While you may find some people here familiar with what Crossover Office
> > supports, your best bet is just asking for a advice on a similar Linux
> > applicaiton, or sending these type of questions to the Crossover Office
> > suite.
> >
> > I know there is suppose to be a distro more multimedia oriented than
> > Fedora
> > (I can't remember which) but in all fairness you can get Fedora to be as
> > multimedia oriented as your heart desires.
> >
> > In terms of playback, a combination of mplayer and a suitable (easily
> > obtainable) plugin will/should meet any of your needs.
> >
>
> I somewhat disagree that you can make i as multimedia oriented as
> required.
>
> I haven't tried othere distro's re multimedia - but I know from trying
> that midi support is poor.  I have been forced to remain a partial user
> because of the slow coming progress in this field - I have to run my
> studio projects in windows.


I am going to have to aggree with that, i forgot that midi support sucks in
Fedora. I have no idea why. In all fairness I haven't used midi for any god
reason in ages.


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