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free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby seinfeld » 05 Jun 2008 14:51

free-codecs are saying there is a vlc version no, .86 H WTF there is only F on the site, so is this a fake? if so better get over there and get it sorted

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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Placio74 » 05 Jun 2008 15:05

free-codecs are saying there is a vlc version no, .86 H WTF there is only F on the site, so is this a fake? ...
No.
Look here > http://download.videolan.org/pub/videol ... .6h/win32/
First download link at free-codecs - it's direct link to download.videolan.org
Just not updated main VLC site (?)...

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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 05 Jun 2008 18:46

Yes, it is a fake, since as usual, they advertise NON-official versions on their website.
The one they are distributing doesn't work correctly.
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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby seinfeld » 06 Jun 2008 18:11

so is this a beta? or a total frudulant copy? if so why do you let them get away with it ?

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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 06 Jun 2008 18:59

It is a beta.
We don't do anything, because we can't do anything. This is GPL software, they do what they want.
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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Placio74 » 06 Jun 2008 21:04

Well, beta...
Many other sities get 0.8.6h version too. :?
Not first and not last...

But, wait a moment... now on VLC site is 0.8.6h (but file is different).
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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 06 Jun 2008 21:15

Always download from the official site...
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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Placio74 » 06 Jun 2008 21:57

Why previous (beta) version not have info about 'beta'?

BTW
Yesterday, i'm download of course from official site - i'm just not use direct link from main site.
And i'm don't see any info about beta or stable.

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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 06 Jun 2008 23:42

What is your point ?
We make some test releases, if they fail on the quality side, we don't announce them. Taking .exe from FTP and annoucing as official when they still are in 0.8.6broken folder is rude AND stupid. But this isn't our fault.
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Re: free-codecs advertising .86 H WTF?

Postby Placio74 » 07 Jun 2008 15:33

Understand.
Well, next time wait patiently for official announce. :wink:


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