On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 10:19, Colburn wrote: > Could RedHat utilize an auto-conversion utility to make mpeg files > something open source friendly before they are ever opened? > I am guessing that if the mpeg were never actually run in native format > if the theoretical legal fears could be neutralized? That kind of conversion is CPU-intensive. Depending on the codecs that are used, it may work for high-end CPUs, but on slower machines it will become unacceptably slow. -- Florin Andrei "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato
