Malicious Subtitles Threaten Kodi, VLC and Popcorn Time Users

Re:Malicious Subtitles Threaten Kodi, VLC and Popcorn Time U... by bsandert on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:08AM (#14409374)

Please don't fall into the Dunning-Kruger[0] trap by assuming a straightforward task is also easy to perform. These things may very well be complex and include aspects that are not immediately obvious. And even if they don't, even simple code executing simple tasks can be vulnerable to bugs or flawed reasoning without the authors (or tooling) being stupid or naive.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

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Re:Malicious Subtitles Threaten Kodi, VLC and Popcorn Time U... by innocenat on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @08:26AM (#14409479)

And I find this especially true for anything media-related. I am amazed it even works for most user without problem [0]

[0] Obvious problems, like unplayable, etc. Minor problems (chroma placement error, transfer function, etc) seems to occur very frequently.

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