Absolutely the best option for the platform. If, before such a mechanism is in place, interested parties have an option to do something (even if it is a hack), that's a good thing anyway.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I propose the codecs be made pluggable. The licensing issue can be left to > the application developer. > > https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-2684 > > Once that is in place, support for whatever codec you wish can be added. > FFMPEG could be used as an example. > I'm against adding any new codecs without first putting in a user-extensible > codec mechanism that does not require modifying JavaFX to support new > formats. I.e. make the dog food first, then eat it. > > Scott > > On 2013-10-18, at 2:03 PM, Kirill Kirichenko <kirill.kiriche...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >> Media is very regulated area in legal terms. Using different codecs may >> involve using and even violating some license agreements. >> Anyway you're welcome to propose anything. >> >> >> On 18.10.2013 21:37, Robert Krüger wrote: >>> Great news! >>> >>> Does this mean that it is now possible to add support for more >>> demuxers/decoders e.g. by utilizing stuff from other projects (ffmpeg >>> comes to mind)? >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Kirill Kirichenko >>> <kirill.kiriche...@oracle.com> wrote: >>>> Hello OpenJFXers ! >>>> We're happy to announce that Media part of JavaFX is now open source. >>>> Opensourcing touched all Media component except ON2 FLV demuxer and VP6 >>>> decoder. The decoder will remain closed. >>>> >>>> You're all welcome to contribute. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> K >
