Meida player.

CQIT Consulting CQ5ITC at shaw.ca
Thu Sep 10 16:42:13 CEST 2009


Thank you all of you for you help. I can now play 
finally stuff on my Neo.
Thank You  all. 

CQ

----- Original Message -----
From: Wolfgang Spraul <wolfgang at qi-hardware.com>
Date: Monday, September 7, 2009 7:50 pm
Subject: Re: Meida player.
To: Support for Openmoko Device Owners <support at lists.openmoko.org>

> Rakshat,
> 
> > >  Actually Mplayer plays the MP3 with the user installed 
> plugin (libmad or
> > eqvalent). Intone is just the frontend for Mplayer so no 
> patent probs with
> > it
> 
> Yes but we have to be careful that MP3 doesn't 'sneak in' somewhere.
> The moment anybody is selling a FreeRunner 'capable' of playing 
> MP3, the
> patent guys have a case. 'Capable' can be a series of steps, including
> installing some software, etc.
> However, the moment those steps involve a resource out of 
> control of the
> seller of the FreeRunner (say a random Internet URL), they have 
> no case.
> 
> Now with the vast pool of free software, what can easily happen 
> is that MP3,
> MP4 etc. 'sneaks into' the product. Then someone downstream 
> forgets that it's
> there, or it's very hard to remove, and falls into the trap.
> 
> Any MP3/MP4 etc. functionality should be kept clearly separated.
> Wolfgang
> 
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 06:57:34PM +0530, rakshat hooja wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Wolfgang Spraul 
> <wolfgang at qi-hardware.com>wrote:
> > 
> > > CQIT,
> > >
> > > > Intone I don't have. But thanks for the advice I will try. 
> Does it play
> > > only ogg or also mp3?
> > >
> > > Also curious about MP3 at intone, I hope it does not play MP3. 
> Until all
> > > patents have safely expired I would not want to touch MP3...
> > > Wolfgang
> > >
> > >  Actually Mplayer plays the MP3 with the user installed 
> plugin (libmad or
> > eqvalent). Intone is just the frontend for Mplayer so no 
> patent probs with
> > it
> > 
> > Rakshat
> 
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