Michael Scherer wrote: > Hi. > > After discussing tonight with plf/ubuntu people, i wondered why do we > still distribute win32 codecs. > > from what i have seen, we can read wmv9 without trouble using mplayer, > and i guess, gstreamer ffmpeg. Quicktime is said to be implemented too, > and real codecs are in another package. > > So, is there some common codecs that really requires win32 codecs > nowadays ?
Yes, all (at least that should be the case) the codecs in win32-codecs (except for the wmv9 which was just added to mplayer). Of those at least ir41/ir50 is afaik widely used. > If not, wouldn't it be the moment to remove this problematic package ? > -- Anssi Hannula _______________________________________________ PLF-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/plf-discuss
