don rhummy wrote: > WOW! If that's really true, then moblin's going to have a hard time > getting people to install it. So, what can I do to get mp3's working? > > (And by the way, i found the package repository app and installed > firefox) > > --- On Fri, 9/18/09, Sean Budd <seanmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Sean Budd <seanmb...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Moblin Dev] MP3 will not play in Moblin 2 liveUSB!! >> To: "don rhummy" <donrhu...@yahoo.com> >> Date: Friday, September 18, 2009, 3:46 PM >> I believe the issue with mp3 playback is due >> to licensing/proprietary code if I'm not mistaken.There >> may be a workaround I would imagine,but I dont believe it >> will be included in moblin as least by default.Someone >> correct me if I'm wrong here. >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:41 PM, >> don rhummy <donrhu...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >> mp3's won't play at all! Is this a known bug or >> should I start one in a bug tracker? >> >> >> >> It's really too bad because otherwise - wow! everything >> works right out of the box (except mp3's obviously) and >> the interface is very snappy! I like it a lot and hope this issue is >> figured out quickly.
codec support is the usual painful story, which is that encumbered ones can't go in the public repository. this is no different than other open distributions, e.g. Fedora. yes there are ways to get them, some of them "more legal" than others. you can arrange to buy them, for example. when you get a netbook or other device with a preloaded moblin-based distro you can expect that to have been taken care of, because they have a way to collect royalty fees when required - it's tied to the actual sale of something. there are also ways to get free ones whose legality may be questionable, or at least vary by jurisdiction. _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List dev@moblin.org To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
