[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Realplayer codec support

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > > Do you need some inside contacts at sorensen?
> > > There's a slight chance I can wangle one if you have a specific need.
> >
> > unfortunatelly they don't want to help in the legal way
> > i don't habve the link by hand, but i read a discussion, inclouding
> > forwarded mails from sorenson contacts about linux port/support of
> sorenson
> > codecs. they are limited by law, they have exclusive contract with apple,
> > sorenson codec can't be distributed separated from apple quicktime.
> > they said, that as soon as apple port quicktime to linux, they will
> > immediatelly release the codec too.
> 
> But I regularly watch using windows media player stuff encoded by sorensen -
> or would this be a different sorensen codec?

heh?
i've never heard about any relation between windows media and sorenson. they
are at the opposite side of the business, i doubt they will ever meat,
unless m$ buy apple or vice versa

if you have such sample, run mplayer -v on it, and show us the output
(-v prints the headers containing codec info)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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