--- On Sat, 4/30/11, Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: kaffeine and xine-lib-extras-freeworld > To: "Fedora test" <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 10:43 PM > Hi, > > after struggling some weeks to get video and sound running > in kaffeine when using DVB-T TV, I coincidentally found a > notice in some forum that > installing xine-lib-extras-freeworld could solve my > problem. And indeed, it did. > > So my question: Why this package is not installed together > with kaffeine? Well, it's not on the fedora repos, but I > found it at the rpmfusion site. > > Weird: "rpm -i xine-lib-extras-freeworld" says: > > "This package contains extra codecs for the Xine multimedia > library. > These are free and opensource but left out of the official > Fedora repository for one reason or another." > > Anybody knows the reasons for that weird policy? > > Kind regards > > -- Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_doesn.27t_Fedora_include_support_for_proprietary_formats_like_MP3_or_MPEG.3F http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items Regards, Antonio -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
