WMV9 codec for xine?

[Cian Duffy]

On 21/02/06, Paul Higgins <higg0008 at tc.umn.edu> wrote:
>
> Sorry, guys...didn't mean to ignite a flamewar!


It was nothing to do with you ;) I'd invite people to look at the list
archives if they think I was over-reacting to Derick.

> So there is no binary codec available for PPC, then?  I'm a little
confusedbecause the xine site, > and some of the documentation that came as
part of

Theres no wrapper for the Quicktime components for PowerPC, only for x86
DLL's. It could probably be implemented but would be extremely complex.

There is work on a vc1 - Microsoft's HD-DVD proposed codec - decoder in
ffmpeg, which is by and large compatible with wmv3. Any PowerPC Linux
support for WMV3 is likely to come from this.

Cian

> On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Cian Duffy wrote:
> > >> Anyway, you could join their mailing list and submit a feature
> > >> request.
> > >>   It shouldn't be a big deal as they support WMV.  They have other
> > >> backends, you could also explore those at their website.  The variety
> > >> however is rather easy to get lost in.
> > >
> > > Derick - its an absolutely massive deal, there is close to zero
> > > information on how the codec works, and its completely different from
> > > the old WMV1 and WMV2 codecs. They cannot support it easily, at all.
> > > They also, as every other media player does, get their Windows Media
> > > Everything support from FFmpeg, not any codecs of their own. I suggest
> > > you do some research before posting in future...
> > >
> > > Cian
>
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