On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:09:54 +0200, Ben Reser wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 11:12:40AM +0200, Frederic Crozat wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:27:03 +0200, Goetz Waschk wrote: >> >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > the latest xine includes support for realtime mpeg encoding to a dxr3 >> > card using either libfame or librte. libfame is already in PLF, I'd >> > like to ask if I can move it to Cooker. I don't know if it's possible to >> > include the fame support in an extra PLF xine plugin without >> > conflicting with the xine-dxr3 package in Cooker. >> > >> > What's your opinion on this subject? >> >> Since it is a MPEG encoding library, it is probably using MPEG patents >> => can't go in cooker nor contrib.. >> >> But nothing prevents you to have a xine-dxr3-libfame which >> provides/obsoletes xine-dxr3 package > > If it's a piece of hardware doing the codec and all the package is doing > is supporting it then it shouldn't run into any patent issues since > presumably it's the hardware manufacturers problem. But I'm not sure > what the deal is here. But from his email it sounds like he's talking > about something that's being done in hardware.
That is not that : dxr3 is a MPEG2/DVD hardware decoder to either monitor or TV screen. There are "hacks" which can encode not MPEG2 files into MPEG2 files to be able to play them using DXR3.. -- Frédéric Crozat MandrakeSoft
