On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 01:02 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote: > Ch??: > > >>> Fluendo has some legally licensed plugins you can purchase to enable > >>> non-free media on Solaris. They plan to have solutions available soon > >>> for MPEG2, MPEG4 and DVD. > > > > Have they really announced as much. Could you please post a link or > > reference because this is something I am truly hanging out for. > > Fluendo already has MPEG2, MPEG4, and AC-3 plugins available for Linux. > The reason they do not support them on Solaris yet is technical. Their > current codec plugin code depends on the IPP (Intel Performance > Primitives) library, which is not yet available or supported on Solaris. > I am currently working with Fluendo to help them work around this issue, > and we hope that they will have these plugins available for Solaris > in the next few months. > > Right now the GNOME GUADEC conference is going on. Julien Moutte, > the owner of Fluendo, said that their DVD player should be available > for sale in November. > > Brian
Great! If they release the DVD player for OpenSolaris i'll be their first customer! Thanks for the heads-up Brian.
