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Re: [SLE] Adding a DVD Player to Commercial product
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 00:09:28 +0100
- Message-id: <200603060009.28147.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 05 March 2006 03:17, Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Does anybody know why Novell won't add any kind of DVD support in even
> the commercial product? I mean, if I go out and pay money for the
> software, why can't it play DVDs. I understand why this is so for
> OpenSUSE, since it is free and all, but recompiling xine to have DVD
> support is becoming a real pain. I also like to use kaffeine, too, but
> even if xine likes DVDs, the kaffeine that came with SUSE 10 still won't
> play them! I heard that Novell might put all of the commercial stuff on
> a separate CD for 10.1, so why couldn't some DVD playing application be
> on it? I know that the license for DVDs gets in the way, but come on.
> -Steven
The mp3 codec has already been licensed for future products.
I haven't heard anything definite about DVD codecs, but I'm looking forward
with anticipation to the next release of Enterprise Desktop
> Does anybody know why Novell won't add any kind of DVD support in even
> the commercial product? I mean, if I go out and pay money for the
> software, why can't it play DVDs. I understand why this is so for
> OpenSUSE, since it is free and all, but recompiling xine to have DVD
> support is becoming a real pain. I also like to use kaffeine, too, but
> even if xine likes DVDs, the kaffeine that came with SUSE 10 still won't
> play them! I heard that Novell might put all of the commercial stuff on
> a separate CD for 10.1, so why couldn't some DVD playing application be
> on it? I know that the license for DVDs gets in the way, but come on.
> -Steven
The mp3 codec has already been licensed for future products.
I haven't heard anything definite about DVD codecs, but I'm looking forward
with anticipation to the next release of Enterprise Desktop
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