[vlc] Re: wmv3 support

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2004, Mark Moriarty wrote :
> It's because MS published an API under Windows, introduced the concept of
> DMO (Directx something Object, I believe), made their CODEC compatible with
> the DMO spec.
> 
> A similar set of hooks, object interface, were not published for the Mac, it
> seems, that's why there's no Mac support -- no published hook to use. 
> 

And, even if such hooks existed, having VLC use such a library would be
against its license (the GPL), in our opinion. The case is slightely
different on Windows, since DMO is part of the OS. (VLC has support for
the quicktime API on OSX only for the same reason).

-- 
BigBen

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