Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Henri Beauchamp
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:45:29 +0200, Nicky D. wrote: > But when we're already on the topic of codecs and licenses, I think fmodex > might fall into the same category. It can decode MP3 and does not come > with a license for it: http://www.fmod.org/mp3license/ As I understand it, the phrases "Licen

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Nicky D.
> > So it's not an obstacle but merely a limitaion. Note also that the CEF > plugin will be faced with the *exact same* patent issues if it is to be > used in place of the QuickTime plugin to play video and audio media files > (which, like I explained and what you agreed with, is just "YUCK !" :-D

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Henri Beauchamp
Not wanting to enter a sterile argument about borderline topics, but: On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:27:07 +, Cinder Roxley wrote: > These distributions either do not include the patented video formats or > provide them in source form for building. This is addressed in gstreamer’s* > documentation: >

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Cinder Roxley
On April 21, 2016 at 9:39:31 AM, Henri Beauchamp (sl...@free.fr ) wrote: On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:18:37 +, Cinder Roxley wrote:  >> Like I already wrote earlier, the way to go is to use the gstreamer SDK   >> for Windows and get a gstreamer plugin compiled for the latte

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Henri Beauchamp
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:18:37 +, Cinder Roxley wrote: >> Like I already wrote earlier, the way to go is to use the gstreamer SDK  >> for Windows and get a gstreamer plugin compiled for the latter.  > > With all due respect, gstreamer is a major pain to build on Windows It's a pain to build und

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence)
On 2016-04-20 14:53 , Henri Beauchamp wrote: >This is only true for old codebases. The modern viewer using Chromium >Embedded Framework no longer requires Quicktime. Quicktime was only used to >decode media streams. But the viewers now do this with the CEF codec. Nope !... Media URLs pointing to

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Cinder Roxley
On April 21, 2016 at 7:02:37 AM, Henri Beauchamp (sl...@free.fr ) wrote: Plus, frankly, is it reasonnable to launch a new instance of CEF (i.e.  a *full* embedded web browser instance, using over 80Mb of memory while  the QuickTime plugin uses 100 times less) for *each* play

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Henri Beauchamp
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:50:13 +0100, Whirly Fizzle wrote: > Quite a few widely used SL TV sets still use quicktime media. Those > TV sets no longer play the movies now I've uninstalled quicktime > from my Windows box. Yep. > It appears LL are removing quicktime support from their viewer > https:/

Re: [opensource-dev] Quicktime

2016-04-21 Thread Henri Beauchamp
On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:29:52 -0700, Darien Caldwell wrote: > Actually after more testing, I do see there's one last vestige Quicktime is > required for, and that's MP4 video streams. Won't work without it. Simply look at the mime_types.xml file: any URL type that invokes media_plugin_quicktime wi