RockPlayer is currently (illegally, unethically) using FFmpeg as their codec provider. They really should be publishing source and giving attribution in order to maintain compliance. (Are you listening, Android Market police, if you exist?)
On Jun 21, 8:40 pm, Andy Savage <a...@bluewire.net.nz> wrote: > Hi there... > > In looking at the Rockplayer package it seems they use ffmpeg to do this. > > More specifically they use: > libffmpeg.so, > libcmplayer.so > > So presumably they use ffmpeg to decode the video then pass it to Android. > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > "The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that > will allow a solution" > - Bertrand Russell > > Andy Savage > Cell Phone: +852 936 34341 > Skype ID: andy_savage > Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/in/andysavage > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Andy Savage <a...@bluewire.net.nz> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > Exactly the same question as me. I posted a topic to the developers group > > with this question: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > > Hoping somebody can shed some light. > > > One interesting thing though... perhaps we can find out? I mean, if the > > player supports XVid then the player must be OpenSource? Or they must make > > the code available since the xVid codec is GPL (a very viral type licence). > > Any players support xVid out there that we could request the code for?? > > > Cheers, > > Andy > > > -- > > "The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that > > will allow a solution" > > - Bertrand Russell > > > Andy Savage > > Cell Phone: +852 936 34341 > > Skype ID: andy_savage > > Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/in/andysavage > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:06 AM, NoraBora <noranb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> How is it possible that an app supports the media format OpenCORE > >> doesn't? > > >> Does it mean the app uses its own media framework? > > >> or somehow register parser node to OpenCORE? > > >> Is it possible and encouraging? > > >> -- > >> unsubscribe: > >> android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-porting%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > >> website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
