[Mplayer-users] 0.18pre4 released with native divx codec :)

[mgraffam at idsi.net]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Gabucino wrote:

> It's the Question that drives us, mgraffam at idsi.net :
> > Well, personally I'd like to see Linux native code for every codec,
> > without appeal to MS DLLs for the simple fact that I support Free
> > Software.

> Ehh. So let's remove win32 support, together with Indeo*, hardware
> codecs, mpeg4v2, wmv7. Let's remove ASF support too then.
> Let's use smpeg.

Your logic is seriously flawed in that you are fighting a straw man. I
never said I preferred to have NO ability to play these formats under
Linux. I said I'd prefer NATIVE support. You are mis-representing my
position. I don't see the name Richard M. Stallman in my email header.

I support REPLACING Windows codecs with Linux-native code. Having the
ability to load a Windows DLL is important for a new codec that comes
out before native support is developed. 

Developing native support is still important though. 

-- 
Michael Graffam (mgraffam at idsi.net)


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