On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:06:34PM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > Hello, > > Somebody send me a avi film but I would like to change it into a free > (as in free speech) format. What format should I use and what > packages should I intall?
Unfortunately, there isn't a really good Free video format yet. Ogg Theora is probably the closest, but it won't even go alpha until sometime this year. mplayer (there's an apt source available at http://marillat.free.fr/, it won't be entering Debian main any time soon) can play most everything you throw at it, especially with the 'quicktime' and 'w32codecs' packages Christian has made (also at the site above). The format is certainly not Free, and while mplayer mostly is, the w32codecs and quicktime plugins are certainly quite un-Free. -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ertius.org/
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