On Thu May 7 6:36 , Patrick Shirkey sent: > > >James Cameron wrote: >> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 06:04:31PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote: >> >>> I'm looking at blender again and it appears that the reason it won't >>> load a movie for me is because the Fedora 10 version was compiled >>> without ffmpeg support. >>> >>> WTF? >>> >> >> Certain libraries trigger license or patent issues in some countries, >> and so Fedora won't package them. As a result, they must compile >> Blender without a critical feature. >> >> >>> mplayer without jack support and blender without ffmpeg support. >>> >>> I hope they fixed both in Fedora 11. >>> >> >> Don't bet on it. >> >> >>> Do all the distros have this policy? >>> >> >> No. Several distributions have a more relaxed policy. Hunt around. >> >> Some distribution communities also provide a secondary repository for >> restricted formats or libraries. >> >> > > >The annoying thing is I already have ffmpeg package installed and I >assumed that if I have that package then I should also get a version of >blender compiled to use it. What's the point of making a non ffmpeg >blender that has priority over a compatible version if the ffmpeg >packages are already installed? > >Jack is included in fedora core IIUC so I have no idea why anyone would >compile mplayer without jack support. > >To me it just highlights the state of multimedia support in Fedora and >possibly other OS's where there is still a level of disconnect that IMO >has been overcome in the LAD community and is shown by the people who >package the audio apps. > > This also highlights the advantage of source based and more customisable distros such as Gentoo or Arch.. where you can set these options yourself. Sure a little more work, but you get what you want. Of course also the jacklab, ubuntustudio, and 64studio distros... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
