yep I did know the problem was due to the fucking patents but did not think that was so strict as many distros come with everything up and running.. well I am studying how to revert all my media file to ogg/theora now :) the problem is that if for ogg vorbis I found how to solve (itunes, iPod, rockbox etc etc) and the conversion may be not so painfull.. I see it a lot more complicated for all my divx.. :( why all people don't switch to the free formats? :( well that would be a perfect world..
bye! 2009/12/8 Kok, Auke <[email protected]> > 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
