[vlc] change codec

[PK]

 > What about a option in VLC to make a option to select 1 of
 > your own codecs??

You're asking for vlc to use codecs managed by the system, not by vlc 
itself.  For Windows? Mac? Linux? Other?

Different platforms have their own unique ways of handling their own 
codecs, but vlc is cross-platform software and has its own library of 
codecs.  It would be a large change in vlc to make it use platform-managed 
codecs, and that would guarantee that it would sometimes fail in unusual 
ways beyond its control.  This annoys and frustrates users -- and there 
would be many of them.  It would also make the code more complex and harder 
to maintain, which runs against the ground rules for multiplatform 
open-source software.

At least by using its own library of pluggable codecs, vlc problems, 
troubleshooting, and debugging are made manageable.  With system-managed 
codecs, when they don't work you're simply out of luck.

So it's not obviously a good idea.  Here's a good idea instead: write the 
necessary codecs for vlc.  You can surely begin with any good open source 
for them.

djc