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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