[osol-mktg] Re: [osol-discuss] Audio File Support

[ken mays]

>     >
>     > Case in point, https://shop.fluendo.com/
>     <https://shop.fluendo.com/> who sell currently
support for
>     > WMA/WMV/Mp3 playback for Solaris x86/SPARC -
and from what I
>     understand,
>     > the compresssion side of the equation will be
arriving soon.
>     >
>     > Not only will this help first time users in
regars to helping 
them
>     > resolve support issues relating to multimedia,
it'll also 
provide
>     a good
>     > platform in which Solaris solution provides
can directly 
contact
>     > customers and vice versa, without needing to
navigate the
>     beaucracy that
>     > is Sun - if this provides free publicitly,
hopefully it'll 
entice more
>     > vendors to come on board and provide Solaris
editions of their
>     software.
>     >
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Hello,

The Gstreamer framework is well supported on Solaris
8->10 and Solaris Express so the question really goes
into the plugins. 

Proprietary plugins from Fluendo may come at a cost
for support, maintenance, and licenses.

This doesn't mean you can't have the full GStreamer
framework with the "license free" plugins.

Also, you have to look closely at what plugins are
available for Solaris versus Linux. Check if the WMA
10 codecs are supported. 

Users may ask why is this needed on Solaris? Well, for
those people who are into embedded
servers/workstations as well as content creation.
Also, cross platform development projects where
Solaris is used on desktop/workstations.

~ Ken Mays @ EarthLink, Inc.


 
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