Re: wmv3 on powerpc(and all)

["Bin Zhang" <yangtze31@gmail.com>]

On 8/15/06, You <linux_user@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 08:24:31AM +0200, Bin Zhang scribbled this nonsense:
> > Hi,
> >
> > If you want see wmv3 file without w32codecs, now you can.
> >
> > http://code.google.com/soc/ffmpeg/appinfo.html?csaid=5AA777DB19E2BB24
> > http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2006-August/013521.html
> > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=29074592&forum_id=7131
> >
> > I've tested mplayer svn with some wmv3 on my testing/unstable, it works
> > fine.
> >
>
> Are there w32codecs for mplayer on PPC?   I had considered installing mplayer on one of my PowerMacs, but without
> the ability to play WMV files, it hardly seems worthwhile.

No.
With FFmpeg VC-1 codecs, we don't need w32codecs.
See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC-1


Bin

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