Brian Cameron wrote: > > Darran/James: > >> 2.) I agree, since GIMP is included with Solaris/OpenSolaris, though >> most people don't work in RAW, let alone does most cameras for users >> have RAW image support, but nonetheless this is a reasonable request >> and I think another RFE is in order if you think it would be >> beneficial without too much work involved to make it happen. > > dcraw was ARC'ed as LSARC 2008/058. This isn't UFRaw, but I believe it > provides some functionalities useful for importing camera RAW formats. > /usr/bin/dcraw seems to be already installed on Solaris Nevada build > 86. > >> 3.) Their website doesn't take into account the GPL linking pollution >> with patented software, Sun cannot risk such a thing until every >> gstreamer backend has an exception if it is regular GPLv2 (LGPL, MIT, >> BSD do not have this problem) > > Note that Java Media Player and RealPlayer support MP3 audio. So > there are other audio programs on Solaris which do support MP3 > out-of-the-box. The problem is just with GStreamer. > > Rhythmbox does support MP3 if you have the GStreamer plugin installed. > However, since Rhythmbox is under the GPL license it cannot be > distributed with a non-GPL compatible GStreamer plugin. The MP3 plugin > is non-GPL compatible because it isn't free, you must pay a licensing > fee to use it. > > Note that there is no GPL violation with end-users separately > installing non-GPL compatible plugins and using them with GPL > programs like rhythmbox. You just can not distribute the two > together. > > So, you can download the MP3 plugin for no charge from the Fluendo > webstore, and use it legally. It is no-charge because Fluendo purchased > an unlimited use license and they are kind enough to provide the plugin > to Linux and Solaris users without passing the cost to the end-user. > > https://shop.fluendo.com > > They do charge for their WindowsMedia Audio and Video plugins. They > aren't too expensive, and they do make Solaris work with these > popular media formats. Which is nice. > > Regarding DVD playback: > > Historically Sun has not pursued getting licenses needed for playing > DVD's. Also note that most DVD's are encoded in media formats like > MPEG-2 which require additional licenses. Obviously Sun could decide to > acquire such licensing at any time, but I am not aware of any such > plans. > > I am currently working with Fluendo to try and make available legal > Solaris MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and AC-3 codecs. If this happens, this gets > Solaris one step closer to supporting DVD's (unencrypted ones at least). > > There are some 3rd parties which seem interested in providing a > legal DVD Player for Solaris, such as Fluendo. However, I do not > believe any such players are available at the moment. So I don't > believe there are any legal solutions I can recommend. > >> MP3 is forthcoming, Sun pays for royalties, it's a GPL linking issue >> with gstreamer backends which are dangerous to have lingering for >> combination of any gstreamer backend GPL licensed with non-GPL causes >> pollution and causes pain. > > It is hard to say how long it will take to resolve this issue. I am > currently working with the various GStreamer projects to add licensing > exceptions so that non-GPL compatible GStreamer plugins can be > distributed with applications such as rhythmbox. Our hope is that we > can work with the community to resolve these issues and ship a MP3 > plugin with GStreamer in the future. In the meantime, downloading and > using the Fluendo MP3 plugin is the best solution. > > > (Note, IMHO, its quality seriously sucks, it >> lags badly for no reason) > > I have never noticed the Fluendo MP3 codec having lagging issues. Are > you using Sparc or x86? Sun used to ship a GStreamer MP3 plugin. Did > you also notice lagging issues with that plugin? I would expect both > plugins to have the same issues since they are built using the same > code and spec-files. > > Brian x86 (Opteron 1218 specifically) on B86. The old plugin didn't seem to do it. I am using ZFS and JDS (Which may contribute to resource draw) but nothing else and I've even disabled a few services. I have 2GB of ram.
James
