On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 13:54 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 13:31 -0700, Kam Leo wrote: > > That holds until you try to run multimedia. We're a ways off from > > getting all multimedia packages in a 64-bit version. > > Hmmm...No. Multimedia is a ways off on just about _any_ platform due to > the legal encumbrances of most formats and codecs. Fedora, by default, > includes support for Free formats such as Ogg Vorbis, Speex, and FLAC > audio, as well as Ogg Theora video streams. > > Hopefully, CodecBuddy in F8+ [1] will make this a lot less stressful by > allowing one to legally obtain codecs for most formats (DVD, MP3. and > Windows Media support probably being the top three). > > Alternatively, the Livna repository (among others) contains such support > already, which you can use should such software be legal in your > country/location. And, as my Dad always said...it's only illegal if you get caught. > > [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureCodecBuddy > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "lousy hunter" - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
