Re: Unsupported codecs in linux.

> I'm not sure if this counts as a codec, a demuxer, or whatever, but the 
> most popular graphics format for karaoke isn't supported in any Linux 
> app so far (the format used in CD+G discs and MP3+G files).
> 
> I collected some information about that format(s) in RFE 708006 on 
> xine's sf.net pages:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=708006&group_id=9655&atid=359655 

I've written an MP3+G player for Linux using Python. It's not 100% 
polished yet, but it works with 95% of the MP3+Gs I've tried. I'm 
planning to stick it up somewhere like Sourceforge but haven't got round 
to it yet.

I built this as a standalone application, but a codec approach is a nice 
idea. It uses the pygame library (for MP3 playback and SDL display) so 
it would need to be completely rewritten in C without those 
dependencies. I'd be interested in doing that, however, if people think 
this is a good idea. I don't know anything about the architecture of 
Xine and its codecs, so I don't know if a codec is appropriate for this 
kind of thing.

Kelvin.



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