Isn't there a legal integration issue with ffmpeg due to patents? One would assume that dependency on gstreamer to fulfill legal requirements (Making the user obtain the codecs on their own behalf) is in order. I can't tell you if it can use gst since I just heard about it, but if Songbird is an indication, it can be done.
James On Mar 26, 2009, at 4:28 AM, Darren J Moffat wrote: > First I have to say I very happy that a case covering UPnP/DLNA is > up for review. > > I'm familar with mediatomb (which is in the pkg.opensolaris.org/ > pending repo already) and ushare UPnP/DLNA servers but not Coherence. > > I understand that Coherence is a framework, but what UPnP/DLNA > services will OpenSolaris actually have when this project > integrates ? Will Rhythmbox, Totem use Coherence automatically or > is redelivering them built to do so another case ? Is there a case > planned to deliver Elisa ? > > Given that there is the ability for Coherence to act as a UPnP/DLNA > server should this case deliver an SMF manifest for that ? > > Can Coherence do transcoding (when acting as a server) if suitable > media manipulation libraries are available ? mediatomb can do this > but requires ffmpeg libraries to do so. > > Is there any relationship between Coherence and gstreamer ? > > -- > Darren J Moffat > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
