On 7/17/07, Peter Gordon <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 13:31 -0700, Kam Leo wrote: > That holds until you try to run multimedia. We're a ways off from > getting all multimedia packages in a 64-bit version. Hmmm...No. Multimedia is a ways off on just about _any_ platform due to the legal encumbrances of most formats and codecs. Fedora, by default, includes support for Free formats such as Ogg Vorbis, Speex, and FLAC audio, as well as Ogg Theora video streams.
Aside from the Microsoft's technical and licensing hurdles that does not explain why many companies with those IP rights have not ported to the newest platform. (BTW, many also did not bother to port to Windows XP-64.) Is it because the 64-bit market is too small to be worth the effort? If the 64-bit world is so great why has Intel released a whole bunch of new multi-core 32-bit only processors for the consumer market. Is it possible that users aren't getting much benefit from using applications converted to 64-bits? As they say: "Where is the killer app for 64-bit computing?"
Hopefully, CodecBuddy in F8+ [1] will make this a lot less stressful by allowing one to legally obtain codecs for most formats (DVD, MP3. and Windows Media support probably being the top three). Alternatively, the Livna repository (among others) contains such support already, which you can use should such software be legal in your country/location. [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureCodecBuddy -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) GnuPG Public Key ID: 0xFFC19479 / Fingerprint: DD68 A414 56BD 6368 D957 9666 4268 CB7A FFC1 9479 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
