64 bit F7

[Rick Stevens]

On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 13:54 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 13:31 -0700, Kam Leo wrote:
> > That holds until you try to run multimedia. We're a ways off from
> > getting all multimedia packages in a 64-bit version.
> 
> Hmmm...No. Multimedia is a ways off on just about _any_ platform due to
> the legal encumbrances of most formats and codecs. Fedora, by default,
> includes support for Free formats such as Ogg Vorbis, Speex, and FLAC
> audio, as well as Ogg Theora video streams.
> 
> Hopefully, CodecBuddy in F8+ [1] will make this a lot less stressful by
> allowing one to legally obtain codecs for most formats (DVD, MP3. and
> Windows Media support probably being the top three).
> 
> Alternatively, the Livna repository (among others) contains such support
> already, which you can use should such software be legal in your
> country/location. 

And, as my Dad always said...it's only illegal if you get caught.

> 
> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureCodecBuddy
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