[vlc] Re: how can I play rmvb format with vlc-0.8.2?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le Dimanche 9 Octobre 2005 13:26, Benjamin Pracht a écrit :
> Well, fast answer is you can't. Real codecs are proprietary and there
> is no open source real video decoder. VLC might include a binary
> loader for windows codecs in the future, but that won't be the case
> in 0.8.4.

It is likely that it never will. According to the GPL, while using the 
binary loader with self-compiled source code is ok, it is very unclear 
whether using the binary loader from a precompiled binary is not an 
infringement.

Also, there's the issue of the DLL own licensing, and the fact that many 
binary packagers will not include the binary so that VLC remains 
"free" (e.g. Debian).

In other words, compile it yourself or use a source-based distribution.

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
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