are you (fedora devels) using fluendo codecs?

[Christopher Brown]

On 16/11/2007, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/16/07, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/15/07, Richi Plana <myfedora at richip.dhs.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:55 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > > > Valent Turkovic wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Look at this bug:
> > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355291
> > > > > Have any redhat and fedora devels actually used fluendo codecs?
> > > >
> > > > Strictly speaking, these are fluendo's problems, not fedora's.
> > >
> > > Strictly speaking, these are Fedora's users' problems.
> > >
> > > Valent, you've been keeping tabs on developments with this issue. Could
> > > you summarize what suggestions have been made to solve it and who made
> > > these suggestions? Just the positive feedback, if you please.
> > > --
> > >
> > > Richi Plana
> >
> > Sorry if my post was a bit negative, I'll try to keep it more positive.
> >
> > I have talked with fluendo devels and they also said what was also
> > said here that it is a intel library issue that they are waiting intel
> > to fix.
> >
> > From my point of view if fedora has a feature that it advertises then
> > that feature should work with default settings.
> >
> > For fedora 8 selinux default setting is enforcing which prevents
> > fluendo codecs form working, from my point of view I looks like it is
> > a bug in fedora (I know it is not).
> >
> > Do you need some more specific feedback from me?
> >
> > Valent
>
>
> /rant/
> Why doesn't redhat or fedora buy one set of codecs so you can test
> them yourself? I don't get it... I don't mind helping but it is beyond
> my logic that fedora 8 claims that has fluendo codecs working with
> fedora 8 but nobody has actually used the codecs to confirm it :)
> /end rant/

<sigh>

Because some people believe in a world that does not revolve around
proprietary codecs. "Be the change you want to see in the world" and
all that.

Anyway, the codecs work with selinux in permissive or disabled or
after labelling so the claim is not untrue.

Cheers
Chris

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