Am 03.06.2013 17:02, schrieb edmund: > On Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:45:29 +0200 > Hartmut Noack <zettber...@linuxuse.de> wrote: > >> Am 03.06.2013 13:22, schrieb edmund: >>> On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:09:38 +0200 >>> ttoine <tto...@ttoine.net> wrote: >>> >>> I am strongly agaist it. >>> VLC uses closed/hidden codecs not vailable for other programs and >>> therefore alone it should not be used at all. >> >> What would that be? Cannot find any blobs in the source-download. > > Disclaimer : I come from BeOS ( Be Operating System ) and that was > good as can be. Each and every program installed that added any codec > was immediately available for every other program. > Until VLC fucked it up, it could play one or two other additional codecs > but this was not in any way usable for any other program. > So I guess that VLC policy is no different under Linux Windows or any > other OS.
Guess, OK. Well in Linux any programm that likes to do so can use VLC and its libs for whatever purpose they like, some video-apps do so and I never heared anyone complain about the reusability of VLC-libs/functions. >> >>> In addtion to that it fucks up the sample rate on a regular basis if >>> one wants to use music with other then the standard sample rate. >> >> Really? Never noticed that at least not for rates such as 48KHz or >> 32KHz. Anyway it plays anything the way it is played at anyones >> computer, so it can serve as something like a reference. To use >> uncommon samplerates I would use Software like MHWaveedit. Having >> uncommon samplerates in end-user formats like OGG or MP3 makes no >> sense anyway.... > > What are you calling "uncommon" sample rates? Ubuntu Studio is for > multi media and in my case High res audio. Here we use 96 kHz and 192 > kHz sample rates. > VLC player, seems to play these formats too but it doesn't! > When I play a 80 kHz sine it is audible as - something very different. > It is far below 20 kHz and clearly audible on 10 Euro loudspeakers, > so it is definitely not 80 kHz. > I would say ditch it or use it for things that doesn't matter but not > for playing high res or quality audio. > Oh and yes it does so under windows too. > > Edmund > > > >> >> HZN >> >>> >>> Edmund >>> >>>> VLC is imho the best player we can find for Ubuntu Studio users. It >>>> can read everything from everywhere, on nearly all drivers (jack, >>>> and more included). >>>> >>>> If we should replace the default multimedia player for a serious >>>> one in Ubuntu Studio, I am for VLC. >>>> >>>> >>>> Antoine THOMAS >>>> Tél: 0663137906 >>>> >>>> >>>> 2013/6/3 Len Ovens <l...@ovenwerks.net> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, June 2, 2013 10:43 am, lukefro...@hushmail.com wrote: >>>>>> One more thing about Xine: In a default install of Ubuntustudio, >>>>>> I was able to play H264/mp4 video in Xine without installing >>>>>> extra codecs, thanks to the ffmpeg version used. >>>>>> >>>>>> If there is a policy that gstreamer-ffmpeg can't be shipped by >>>>>> default >>>>> but >>>>>> the underlying ffmpeg can be, that's inconsistant. I know that >>>>>> sort of decision gets made upstream, but it creates a default >>>>>> install that can't do it's default job if enforced strictly, due >>>>>> to the nature of current >>>>>> cameras and audio recorders. >>>>>> >>>>>> A multimedia distro without codecs can't play most media >>>>>> distributed by windows users or commericial websites. Much more >>>>>> seriously, it also can't play ORIGINAL media produced by a >>>>>> majority of midrange video cameras and even audio recorders. >>>>> >>>>> We have tried to ship with everything needed. So we added the >>>>> libav-extra set of packages. As far as I know We just hadn't >>>>> thought of the gs packages. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Len Ovens >>>>> www.OvenWerks.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list >>>>> Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >>>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel >>>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
