Roby wrote: > with fluendo codecs I can listen to my mp3s.. thanks.. but what about divx > movies? > > I still can't open them (avi, mpg, etc) > > I googled gstreamer codecs as suggested by moblin and found some guides but > they are quite long and difficult actually.. many commands and things to > build/install.. is it really so difficult to get movies to play on moblin? > how can this distro become common among base users if it is so difficult to > get things to work? :(.. it is a pity as this distro is so nice!
it's because MPEG codecs are covered by patents and we'd have to pay fees, so we cannot give those codecs away for free. We'd love to be able to give everyone codecs for free, but unfortunately our lawyers tell us that's not something we should do. You're welcome to install them yourself, or get them with a netbook that's pre-installed with moblin, those vendors usually add the codecs and take care of that for you. also, ogg/theora videos play without the need for extra codecs. you could convert all your media to this format as well. Cheers _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: http://lists.moblin.org/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
