Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:44:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: michaelnottebrock@gmx.net Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mpeg 4/divx Message-ID: <200204171044.g3HAi83p022893@Magelan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <3CBD504D.3090300@gmx.net>
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On 17 Apr, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
>> What about: You provide the port(s), and I commit it.
>
> Okay. But it might take quite some time, I'm afraid.
No problem.
>> I expect at least to be able to use the linux encoder as soon as it hits
>> the street. From a comparision at doom9.org xvid seems to be a good
>> candidate.
>
> Linux encoder for what? DivX5? They plan to release their own encoding
> application? Hm, well. If they'd also release a _small_ player
No, I don't think so. It's just the codec I refer to. But if they do it
right (uhm... it seems I'm very optimistic), it should be usable for us
too.
> application like "The Playa" on win32, ports like "linux-divx5encoder"
> and "linux-divx5player" would become feasible...which would be a good
> thing. Or maybe, there are third-party applications which could be used
> in such a way?
I expect the later one.
> As for xvid, we will have an excellent native encoding application for
> xvid as soon as transcode gets updated to the latest release.
Hmmm... I will have a look at the PR (I already marked it in my
mailbox).
Bye,
Alexander.
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