Re: PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin replacing codeina

[Jarod Wilson <jarod redhat com>]

Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 11:32 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > "hey, you need to set up a 3rd-party repo and/or 
> > you can get codecs from Fluendo", then no problem.
>
> No, there's not, but that's a good idea. What about something like:
>
> ----
>
> No plugins were found to play back this media type:
>
> You may need to enable or set up a 3rd party software source to find
> these plugins.
>
> You can buy media plugins from "Fluendo Codec Store" but these will not
> be supported by your vendor.
>
> ----
>
> The Fluendo Codec Store link could be just disabled in gconf, or patched
> out by free software distros.

I do feel something like this is unavoidable, lest we face the wrath of users 
and reviewers complaining about us being uncaring about their need to use 
non-Free codecs. Perhaps something a bit more wordy though, explaining *why* 
these codecs aren't included in Fedora (a la Codeina).


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Jarod Wilson
jarod redhat com