Ken:
The Gstreamer framework is well supported on Solaris
8->10 and Solaris Express so the question really goes
into the plugins.
Not sure what you mean by "well supported". Although
the GStreamer framework does exist on Solaris 10, it
is GStreamer 0.8 and not 0.10.
Note that the Fluendo plugins only work with 0.10, so
it would be a bit of work to port GStreamer 0.10 to
earlier versions of Solaris if we want to make Fluendo
plugins available to Solaris 10 (or earlier) users.
Proprietary plugins from Fluendo may come at a cost
for support, maintenance, and licenses.
This doesn't mean you can't have the full GStreamer
framework with the "license free" plugins.
Also, you have to look closely at what plugins are
available for Solaris versus Linux. Check if the WMA
10 codecs are supported.
My understanding is that WMA/WMV support is the same
on Solaris versus Linux. The main difference is that
Fluendo has MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 plugins for Linux, but
not Solaris. I think I explained in detail why, in
my previous message.
Users may ask why is this needed on Solaris? Well, for
those people who are into embedded
servers/workstations as well as content creation.
Also, cross platform development projects where
Solaris is used on desktop/workstations.
If there is enough demand (especialy if there is an
interest in helping with funding), then I'm sure
Fluendo would be interested to talk.
Brian
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