Re: [linux-audio-dev] please help: enumerating library requirements

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Sat Jul 23 2005 - 21:34:05 EEST

On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 14:11 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> > > > are you sure winamp plays ogg after a regular, default install? or does
> > > > it need an additional codec pack, that a typical user would have no clue
> > > > about unless they understand what ogg/vorbis is and how it relates to
> > > > mp3?
> > >
> > > I'm absolutely sure that all you need to do is to install Winamp. It has
> > > been this way for years now.
> >
> > Most Windows users reaction to Winamp is "wow, that's still around?"
> > Like it or not it's a WMP world.
>
> Not to mention the other reaction: "Hmm, I can play everything else I
> get online with WMP, what's the deal with this ogg/vorbis format?"
>

Of course, WMP is supposed to download the codec from Microsoft's site
if it encounters an unknown format. I'd be interested to see how they
explain this not working for .ogg.

Lee
Received on Sun Jul 24 00:15:05 2005

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