[MPlayer-users] Re: mp3PRO support

[Arpi]

Hi,

> >for those who are waiting for the mp3pro support i've good news!
> >I've contacted the mp3pro guys and they said that they're working
> >on a DirectShow decoder plugin too (which API is currently supported in 
> >MPlayer!)
> >
> >So be patient, the support will come!
> 
> Yes the DirectShow API is supported to some degree in mplayer it would still 
> be far better to have a native decoder, that way different archs can also 
> benefit. But in the end it comes down to simply most people dont have the mp3 
> pro encoders cause they cost $$ and for the rest of us we have vorbis which 
> is free and opensource anyway. Why do we need mp3PRO when we have other audio 
> compression formats which are better.

the question is not that we want to encode in mp3pro... we aren't mad.
but mplayer should be able to play everything what windows can, at least
on x86, including the most hated formats like wma or mp3pro, svq3 and so on.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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