Re: [xine-user] Support for Sorenson video

[Martijn H. <ho...@te...>]

> > The only player that will play sorenson is quicktime.
> > No other player will do it.  Also keep in mind that
> > not all .mov files are created with the sorenson
> > codec.
> >
> > I have purchased the codeweavers plugin and it works
> > great.  Basically you run quicktime through a special
> > wine.  Setup is very easy and it only costs $20 US.
>
> Save your US $20. QuickTime will install and can be run under wine. The
> only hassle perhaps is if you want to watch the video on your browser.
> That's the only thing the codeweavers plugin is good for.

Emulating is not the point, I think. There should just be a ported app or 
plugin that can decode and, even better, encode the Sorenson codec. People 
should -never- be allowed to disable others from using a codec.

-- tinus