Re: (GNOME) Totem and "Mutlimedia Systems Selector" issues

["Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv84%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 5/27/06, Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost> wrote:
> On Fri 26 May 2006 at 22:21:06 +0200, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the lack of some libraries makes it impossible to build
> > some plugins.  For example, the DivX codec is shipped in binary form
> > for Linux but not for NetBSD, which means that you cannot use the DivX
> > gstreamer plugin under this OS.  Xine can open these files because it
> > uses a compatibility layer to use these (win32?) plugins, as mplayer
> > does.
>
> Can't the "xvidcore" package be used instead? I think xvid and divx are
> supposed to be compatible (or am I mistaken?) and I did report some
> patches to make sure it would (again) compile on non-i386 machines.

Hmm, are you sure?  I always thought xvid and divx were different
codecs, although very similar ones.  If xvidcore is indeed
divx-compatible... that'd be great.

Cheers,

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