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List:       xine-codec-devel
Subject:    Re: [codec-devel] Video codecs in Linux
From:       Mike Melanson <melanson () pcisys ! net>
Date:       2003-10-01 14:37:30
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Prodoc wrote:

> As part of my research I would like to know if there are any video 
> codecs installed ona "clean" linux install and if yes, which codecs.
> I hardly know anything about Linux ( :-$ ), what's the best way to find 
> a list of installed codecs on a Linux system? Where can I find them?
> Are there so called "codec packs" available for Linux as well? If yes, 
> where can I find more information about those?

	For a long time, the only codecs that came with a typical Linux
installation were integrated into a program called XAnim, the de facto
Unix media player. Thus far, Linux distros do not come packaged with
codecs the way Windows does. That may change in the future as
ffmpeg/libavcodec seems to be working up to the de facto codec library
that many apps rely on.

--
	-Mike Melanson



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