[osol-mktg] Re: Proposal

[Patrick Finch]

I'd totally forgotten about that!  I tried them a while ago, worked 
well.  I did a total reinstall a few weeks ago and couldn't remember 
what I'd done for codecs.  I strongly recommend to try Alvaro's way 
before downloading the Solaris companion disk.

thanks Eric.

Patrick

Eric Boutilier wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
> 
> Check out Alvaro's "OpenSolaris codec pack":
> 
> http://blogs.sun.com/alvaro/entry/opensolaris_codec_pack
> http://blogs.sun.com/alvaro/entry/opensolaris_codec_pack_updated
> 
> I haven't tried it, but it sure made me sit up and take
> notice, for all the reasons you give below.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Thu, 24 May 2007, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just got a proposal; along the lines of Ubuntu, in respects to
>> providing the ability to easily download and install CODECS for popular
>> formats through an easy to use interface. Blastwave, for instance, 
>> provides
>> FAAD support, and gstreamer, but the problem is that these extra plugins
>> aren't picked up by the likes or Rhythmbox hence the proposal for 
>> something
>> that actually can be downloaded and integrates into the operating system
>> along side the default installation.
>>
>> What does everyone else think?
>>
>> Matthew
>>
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