On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:19:35 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 21:40 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:51:39 +0200 > > Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote: ... > > > A serious issue for all Linux distros are codecs. We're living in the > > > media age, consumer need codecs. http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs > > > Last time (02 Sep 2012) I tried to upgrade my AV Linux (Debian stable), > > > gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg should be automatically removed. I didn't notice a > > > replacement that should be installed. Conflicts caused by codecs (just > > > one issue) are an issue for most distros I know. > > > > ? I use standard A/V packages (Mplayer and VLC) from Stable (with some > > Backports stuff), and never have any codec issues at all. > > > > What codecs would a typical user encounter that aren't available in > > Debian? > > > > Celejar > > "There is at least one extra codec package available for amd64 and i386 > machines that is not available from Debian. On amd64, the package is > w64codecs, and on i386, the package is w32codecs." - > http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs Um, you snipped this line: "These extra packages provide support for a few rarely used codecs" This hardly results in "a serious issue for all Linux distros". [snipped rest of message, which does not deal with actual codecs, but other software that some users may consider essential.] Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
