DVD (video) and Fedora

[Basil Mohamed Gohar]

On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 17:36 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 17:06 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >> Remember that OGG is a container and doesn't restrict the choice of 
> >> codecs. Also Webkit has no native support for gstreamer codecs. it 
> >> varies by the platform.
> >>
> >> Rahul
> >>
> > If I'm not mistaken, I do believe Ogg as a container only supports other
> > Xiph-related codecs.
> 
> Dirac was originally developed by BBC but fits into Ogg. Sure, you 
> cannot fit in arbitrary codecs into arbitrary containers but considering 
> the world of free and non-patent encumbered codecs, Ogg can fit in, just 
> fine.
> 
> Rahul
> 

I stand corrected because I cannot find the reference to what I read
that supported my claim that Ogg is only meant for the Xiph codecs.  The
language on the Xiph website is quite clear that it is an open format
that may be used as anyone likes.  Whatever I had read previously was
incorrect.
 
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Basil Mohamed Gohar
abu_hurayrah at hidayahonline.org
www.basilgohar.com
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