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== Codecs ==

The following table shows the audio and video codecs that are expected to be supported by the UMC.

It is based upon the assumption that the UMC will rely upon the Elisa software, so will be using the gstreamer framework.

 |||||||| '''Audio Codecs''' ||
 || '''Codec name''' || '''Free''' || '''Proprietary''' || '''[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]''' ||
 || AIF || || || ||
 || Apple Loseless || || || ||
 || Flac || || || ||
 || Monkey || || || ||
 || MP2 || X || || X ||
 || MP3 || X || || X ||
 || MPC || X || || ||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg_Vorbis Ogg Vorbis] || X || || ||
 || WAV || || || ||
 || WMA || || || X ||


 ||||||||'''Video Codecs'''||
 ||'''Codec name'''||'''Free'''||'''Proprietary'''||'''[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]'''||
 || DivX-AAC || || || ||
 || H263-AAC (3GP) || || || ||
 || H264-AAC (MP4) || || || ||
 || H264-AAC (MOV) || || || ||
 || MPEG4-AAC (MP4) || || || ||
 || MPEG-2/AC3 || || || X ||
 || MPEG-2/MP3 || || || X ||
 || MPEG-4/AAC || || || ||
 || MPEG-2/AC3 (VOB) || || || X ||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora Ogg Theora] || X || || ||
 || WMV || || || X ||
 || XviD-AAC || || || ||
 || Xvid || || || ||
 || DivX || || || X ||


== Packages ==

Here is the list of packages providing codecs:
 * free:
 * proprietary:
 * [https://shop.fluendo.com/ commercial]
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CategorySpec CategorySpec UbuntuMediaCenterTeam

Please check the status of this specification in Launchpad before editing it. If it is Approved, contact the Assignee or another knowledgeable person before making changes.

  • Launchpad entry: none yet

  • Packages affected:

Summary

Ubuntu Media Center should provide a huge codec support in order to be able to play most (all!) of the existing media formats.

Implementation

Ubuntu Feisty will come with a package called ubuntu-restricted-extras which installs main non-free codecs (multiverse repository). This package should be included by default in Ubuntu Media Center.

Codecs

The following table shows the audio and video codecs that are expected to be supported by the UMC.

It is based upon the assumption that the UMC will rely upon the Elisa software, so will be using the gstreamer framework.

Packages

Here is the list of packages providing codecs:

CategorySpec UbuntuMediaCenterTeam

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