Right. But wasn't the question about being able to play audio and video cross platform without having to make the user install anything? Also, I have played ripped DVD content off my hard drive, and the format of the ripped video is MPEG2, so strictly speaking, you don't *have* to play MPEG2 off a DVD. That just happens to be the format DVD's use. Some older cameras record in MPEG2 format. I was able to play these in Quicktime, which was bundled with OS X, and I think some kind of video player must be bundled with PC's, although I have in the past gotten a DVD Player app that came with the PC that I had to install in order to play DVD's.
Bob On Jan 18, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: > MPEG-2 isn't needed to use DVD-ROMs. It is needed to play DVD-Video. The > license for MPEG-2 is covered in the cost of the software that you buy for > playing DVDs. You may well get bundled software, and so the cost is hidden > from you. I think that each way of playing back DVD-Video will have its own > license fee, so even though you paid for MPEG-2 to use DVD Player on a Mac, > you still have to pay the $20 to be able to play MPEG-2 in other applications. > > If you look at MPEG Streamclip as an example application for processing > MPEG-2, it just will not work unless you have bought the MPEG-2 Playback > Component, because they have complied with the license rules. > > > On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Robert Sneidar <slylab...@me.com> wrote: > >>> Really? My mistake then I as under the impression that this was included in >>> all operating systems because they will need to play DVD ROM's. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
