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Date:      Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:45:36 -0400
From:      Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net>
To:        Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Gstreamer-plugins splitting ports .. needs testing and feed back ?
Message-ID:  <F76CD922-180A-11D9-8817-000A958C81C6@ahze.net>
In-Reply-To: <200410062219.23068.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>
References:  <F0BECB69-166F-11D9-AC42-000A958C81C6@ahze.net> <200410061853.35685.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> <EEEDA524-17D0-11D9-8817-000A958C81C6@ahze.net> <200410062219.23068.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es>

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On Oct 6, 2004, at 4:19 PM, Jose M Rodriguez wrote:

> On Wednesday 06 October 2004 21:50, Michael Johnson wrote:
>> but only a select few ports use ogg/vorbis and cdparanoia
>>
>
> Well, with mp3 license problems, it's one of the safest path.
> Most GPL products go now in that way.  Linux, KDE ..
> Right now, any mp3 encoder is threaded.  It's not only lame.
> And problems with mp3 decoders are not closed.
>
> Yes.  Right Now, all is mp3.  But if you want digital music in your pc
> next year from packages,  better have ogg/vorbis and vorbis-tools
> (encoder) everywhere.

The mp3 license problem will never be a problem for gstreamer-plugins,
due to the fact it does not have any mp3 encoder/decoder by itself.
If this becomes a problem in the future they will add RESTRICTED or
similar to lame, mad, etc and not gstreamer-plugins.

> About cdparanoia.  I'm using it in every app related to CD music.  It
> works as good as cdrecord's cdda2wav and don't need special rights.
>
> Well, this is more a personal taste.
>
>> Michael
>>
>
> --
>   josemi
>



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