> On Aug 27, 2015, at 2:29 AM, Dr. Michael Paus <m...@jugs.org> wrote: > > Am 26.08.15 um 22:25 schrieb Scott Palmer: >> >> Then legacy formats could be provided in optional downloads and new formats >> can be supported without the need to integrate them within the JRE code. >> >> > To me this sounds again like a Java/JavaFX specific solution which, to my > opinion, is a dead-end road. I think it would be much more important that > JavaFX can directly use all system installed codecs. I simply don't > understand why it is possible to install a codec pack on a machine and almost > all software, with the exception of JavaFX, is able to immediately use that > and only JavaFX based applications are not. > > Michael
I agree that codecs that are usable by the system’s default media framework should work. However, I believe that is already supported in most cases, is it not? There still needs to be a guarantee that certain specific codecs will work wherever JFXMEdia is supported. Otherwise you lose a significant bit of cross-platform compatibility. Media assets that you ship with your application need to be able to play, regardless of how the end user has configured their specific codec environment. Scott
