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Xine Gets Native Sorenson3 Decoding

Posted by timothy on from the one-less-thing-to-gripe-about dept.

gooofy writes "Freshly (im)ported from ffmpeg, xine 1-beta12 finally has native support for Sorenson SVQ3 video. This means that you're finally able to watch the latest quicktime trailers on any xine supported hardware platform, not just on x86. Other goodies in this release include support for ogg/theora, playback of cd/dvd over the network, improved handling of mpeg-2 files (resyncing) and many detail improvements."

7 of 301 comments (clear)

  1. FUCK FAIR USE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cuz piracy is pleasure!

  2. But it's illegal... by gilesjuk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ooo bad people, you shouldn't write software for the XBox to make it do nice things as you're breaking laws :) ....and they say a Microsoft monopoly doesn't stifle innovation? at least the PS2 has a Linux kit which will allow some development to take place.

  3. Re:Applaude for 2 reasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it would be cool if there were a reason to run a linux platform.

  4. Re:Tonight on the History Channel by General+Sherman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks for telling me everything I already knew, I really needed to know that.

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    - Sherman
  5. dude you forgot the WIPO Troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you suck.

  6. Re:Applaude for 2 reasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh shut up. I know it's not about colour, that is just a useful identifying trait. It is actually about their flawed genetics -- it has been proven, for example, that niggers tend to have a smaller brain and lower IQ than whites. Why should we let such subhumans exist as anything other than slaves?

  7. Re:xine by Spy+Hunter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I realize that there are keyframe issues, but there is no doubt in my mind that players can do a LOT better than they do currently. Just adding some caching and maybe some pre-emptive frame decoding would allow responsive single-frame seeking. Besides, how common is a 10 minute keyframe interval? 10 seconds seems more realistic. There's nothing you can do about a 10 minute keyframe interval, but that's no excuse for handling a 10 second keyframe interval poorly. Also, while the mouse is being dragged around wildly, displaying only keyframes might be necessary. But when the user is moving the seek bar only slightly, trying to get to a particular spot, there is plenty of time for the decoder to catch up and start displaying the right frames.

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    main(c,r){for(r=32;r;) printf(++c>31?c=!r--,"\n":c<r?" ":~c&r?" `":" #");}