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On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz> wrote: |
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>>> Video-codecs? I haven't seen a video in years that was not playable by 64bit |
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>>> ffmpeg based players but worked with 32bit. |
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>> <SNIP> |
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>> Lots of wmv files won't play in 64-bit. That's the only one I have |
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>> trouble with. They play fine in 32-bit Gentoo. |
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> Mark, was thinking of you and your videos that don't play on 64bit when |
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> I read Volkers statement :) |
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> ffmpeg know lots of shit, but not all if it. |
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Yeah, that's the truth. I suspect this specific case just lacks a |
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smart developer who wants to figure it all out and do the work to make |
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an Open Source codec that plays the file type, but maybe there's |
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patents and other junk that gets in the way. |
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And really, as I use a lot of VM's all day long, it doesn't seem |
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overly important any more. It's trivial to just run a Windows VM to |
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play wmv files whereas finding someone in the Linux world who actually |
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cares about supporting and promoting the wmv format seems like a waste |
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of my time and theirs. They can work on better things. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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