Re: handling windows codecs?

Osama Khan wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I was just wondering how does xine handle windows codecs (wmv, wma
> etc.) from a programmer's point of view? Does it use a wrapper for the
> original windows codec DLLs or does it use reverse engineered codecs.
> Any comments (advantages/disadvantages, ease of implementation) on
> either of these or any other approach will be highly welcome. I tried
> searching the archives but didnt find anything covering this question
> in a reasonable manner.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -Osama
> 

xine uses ffmpeg/libavcodec for most codecs. There are a few that have
not yet been implemented as open source, so they use a wrapper to use
the windows codec DLLs.
What are you trying to achieve?

James



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