On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Yo,
> (..)
> But teh codecs are under a different license, we don't distribute anything
> that is non-distributable, and we don't distribute anything that is
> non-opensouce (except for netscape, I think ...)
>
You doesn't need to distribute all windows codecs (need just one or two that
are open sources .
Others codecs will be got with a utility like drakfont (why not a drakcodec ?)
> And it's hard to tell whether a user has the codecs installed for a given
> machine, then we would need to mount his win partition and then manually
> copy it which is very troublesome, why not just give the URL so that he can
> downlaod whatever he wants and then setup the codecs?
I think that a utilitie like drakfont is better , (I now that search for dll
codecs in windows is hardier than search font but....) .
> The best I can think
> of is to provide a script so that the user only has to run the script to
> setup the stuff (untar, copy to /usr/lib/win32 ...)
>
That should be also the starting of a solution . (I also tell to start
something , we could only win to try....)
>
> You will need to install the codecs manually. :((
>
or with a script like "installcodec thecodec.dll or -x codec.zip or -s
codecname"
>
> You probably won't if you have Div X, but then, that would mean that you
> still would have to use the binary only codecs.
binary codec are no solution but support for them is a solution since it give
the possibility for user that have windows codec but want use linux to use
them if they doesn't exist on linux because of legacy problem ....
>
> I still haven't gotten Div X to work on my GNU/Linux box, but then, I don't
> have much time and probably jsut lazzy to get it working...
;-)
