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CodecSupport

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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.

Audio Codecs
Codec name	Free	Proprietary	Commercial
Xiph/Ogg Flac	X (flacdec/ffdec_flac)
Xiph/Ogg Vorbis	X (vorbisdec)
MPEG-1 Layer 2 (DVD/DVB/MP2)	X (ffenc_mp2)		X
MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)	X (mad/ffdec_mp3)		X (flump3dec)
MPEG-4/AAC (MP4)	X (faad)		X
Dolby Digital AC3	X (a52dec/ac3parse)		X (gst-fluendo-ac3dec)
Microsoft WMA	X (ffdec_wmav1,2)		X (gst-fluendo-wmadec)
Apple Lossless ALAC (m4a)	X (ffdec_alac)
Musepack MPC	X (musepackdec)
AIF	X (ffdemux_aiff)
Monkey Audio	(1)
Sony ATRAC 3	?
RealAudio (2)	?		X (gst-fluendo-realdec)

1 : Gstreamer MonkeyAudio plugin has never been ported to 0.10 . MAC isn't even packaged in Ubuntu/MediBuntu due to licencing problems : see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/119412

2 : RealAudio codecs are a mess with at least 9 variants : (dnet, atrc, raac and racp are the only 'standard' ones)

Code	Name	Minimum Version	Codec
lpcJ	IS-54 VSELP	1
28_8	G.728 LD-CELP	2	ffdec_real_288
dnet	Dolby AC3	3	a52dec/ac3parse
sipr	Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP-NET	4/5
cook	G2/Cook Codec	6	ffdec_cook
atrc	Sony ATRAC3	8
raac	MPEG-4 LC-AAC	9	faad
racp	MPEG-4 HE-AAC	10	faad
ralf	RealAudio Lossless Format	10

Video Codecs
Codec name	Free	Proprietary	Commercial
Xiph/Ogg Theora	X (theoradec/ffdec_theora)
Xiph/Ogg Dirac (3)	X (schrodec)
Microsoft WMV	X (ffdec_wmv1,2,3)		X (gst-fluendo-wmvdec)
MPEG2	X (mpeg2dec)		X (gst-fluendo-mpeg2video)
MPEG4-ASP (DivX/Xvid)	X (ffdec_mpeg4)		X
MPEG4-AVC/H264 (MP4)	X (ffdec_h264)		X

3 : Dirac plugin is still in the works but is available in Ubuntu repositories.

Container formats (Demuxers)
Container	Free	Proprietary	Commercial
Microsoft RIFF (WAV/AVI)	X (avidemux/wavparse)
Microsoft ASF (WMA/WMV)	X (asfdemux/ffdemux_asf)		X (gst-fluendo-asf)
MPEG ES/Elementary Stream	X
MPEG SS/System Stream	X (mpegparse)
MPEG2 PS/Program Stream	X (ffdemux_mpeg)		X (flupsdemux)
MPEG2 TS/Transport Stream	X (ffdemux_mpegts)		X (flutsdemux)
MPEG4-ISO/QT/MOV/3GP/MP4	X (qtdemux)		X (gst-fluendo-isofile)
Xiph/Ogg	X (oggdemux)
Ogm	X (ogm_audio/video/text_parse)
Matroska (MKV/MKA)	X (matroskademux/ffdemux_matroska)
Real Media (RM/RMA/RMVB)	X (rmdemux)
MXF	X (ffdemux_mxf)
DivX Media Format (DMF)	?

Network protocols
Protocol	Free	Proprietary	Commercial
Microsoft MMS	X (mmssrc)		X (?)
RTCP+RTP
RTSP+RTP	X (rtspsrc/rtpdec)
RTSP+RDT (Real Data Transport)	X (rtspsrc/rdtdepay)

Packages

Here is the list of packages providing codecs:

free: gst-plugins-base-0.10, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad(-multiverse), gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly(-multiverse), gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, gstreamer0.10-schroedinger (Dirac)
proprietary:

commercial :

(De)muxers	gst-fluendo-mpegdemux (4), gst-fluendo-mpegmux (4), gst-fluendo-isofile, gst-fluendo-asf, gst-fluendo-asfmux
Audio Codecs	gst-fluendo-mp3 (4), gst-fluendo-ac3dec, gst-fluendo-wmadec/enc, gst-fluendo-realdec, gst-fluendo-alsaspdif
Video Codecs	gst-fluendo-wmvdec, gst-fluendo-mpeg2video

4 : available in Ubuntu repositories. Others could be bought from Fluendo site or builded from their source repository.

CategorySpec UbuntuMediaCenterTeam

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- || '''Codec name''' || '''Free''' || '''Proprietary''' || '''[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]''' ||
 || AIF || ? || || ||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless Apple Loseless] (m4a) || ? || || ||
 || Monkey Audio || (1) || || ||
 || Musepack MPC || X (?) || || ||
 || Xiph/Ogg Flac || X (flacdec) || || ||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg_Vorbis Xiph/Ogg Vorbis] || X (vorbisdec) || || ||
 || MPEG-1 Layer 2 (DVD/DVB/MP2) || X (?) || || X ||
 || MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) || X (?) || || X(gst-fluendo-mp3) ||
 || [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding MPEG-4/AAC (MP4)] || X (?) || || X ||
 || Dolby AC3 || X (?) || || X (gst-fluendo-ac3dec) ||
+ || '''Codec name''' || '''Free''' || '''Proprietary''' || '''[[https://shop.fluendo.com/|Commercial]]''' ||
 || Xiph/Ogg Flac || X (flacdec/ffdec_flac) || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg_Vorbis|Xiph/Ogg Vorbis]] || X (vorbisdec) || || ||
 || MPEG-1 Layer 2 (DVD/DVB/MP2) || X (ffenc_mp2) || || X ||
 || MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) || X (mad/ffdec_mp3) || || X (flump3dec) ||
 || [[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding|MPEG-4/AAC (MP4)]] || X (faad) || || X ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital|Dolby Digital]] AC3 || X (a52dec/ac3parse) || || X (gst-fluendo-ac3dec) ||
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+ || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless|Apple Lossless]] ALAC (m4a) || X (ffdec_alac) || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musepack|Musepack MPC]] || X (musepackdec) || || ||
 || AIF || X (ffdemux_aiff) || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%27s_Audio|Monkey Audio]] || (1) || || ||
 || Sony [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_Transform_Acoustic_Coding|ATRAC]] 3 || ? || || ||
 || RealAudio (2) || ? || || X (gst-fluendo-realdec) ||
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-:  [http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-monkeysaudio.html Gstreamer MonkeyAudio plugin] has never been ported to 0.10
+: [[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/gst-monkeysaudio.html|Gstreamer MonkeyAudio plugin]] has never been ported to 0.10 .
MAC isn't even packaged in Ubuntu/MediBuntu due to licencing problems : see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/119412

2 : RealAudio codecs are a mess with at least 9 variants : (dnet, atrc, raac and racp are the only 'standard' ones)

 || '''Code''' || '''Name''' || '''Minimum Version''' || '''Codec''' ||
 || lpcJ || IS-54 VSELP || 1 || ||
 || 28_8 || G.728 LD-CELP || 2 || ffdec_real_288 ||
 || dnet || Dolby AC3 || 3 || a52dec/ac3parse ||
 || sipr || Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP-NET || 4/5 || ||
 || cook || G2/Cook Codec || 6 || ffdec_cook ||
 || atrc || Sony ATRAC3 || 8 || ||
 || raac || MPEG-4 LC-AAC || 9 || faad ||
 || racp || MPEG-4 HE-AAC || 10 || faad ||
 || ralf || RealAudio Lossless Format || 10 || ||
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- ||'''Codec name'''||'''Free'''||'''Proprietary'''||'''[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]'''||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora Xiph/Ogg Theora] || X (theoradec) || || ||
 || [http://dirac.sourceforge.net Xiph/Ogg Dirac] || (2) || || ||
+ ||'''Codec name'''||'''Free'''||'''Proprietary'''||'''[[https://shop.fluendo.com/|Commercial]]'''||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora|Xiph/Ogg Theora]] || X (theoradec/ffdec_theora) || || ||
 || [[http://dirac.sourceforge.net|Xiph/Ogg Dirac]] (3) || X (schrodec) || || ||
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- || MPEG2 || X (?) || || X (gst-fluendo-mpeg2video) ||
 || MPEG4-AVC/H264 (MP4) || X (?) || || X ||
 || Xvid || X (?) || || X ||
 || DivX || X (?) || || X ||
+ || MPEG2 || X (mpeg2dec) || || X (gst-fluendo-mpeg2video) ||
 || MPEG4-ASP (DivX/Xvid) || X (ffdec_mpeg4) || || X ||
 || MPEG4-AVC/H264 (MP4) || X (ffdec_h264) || || X ||
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-: [http://schrodinger.sourceforge.net/ Dirac plugin] is still in the works
+: [[http://schrodinger.sourceforge.net/|Dirac plugin]] is still in the works but is available in Ubuntu repositories.
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- ||'''Container'''||'''Free'''||'''Proprietary'''||'''[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]'''||
+ ||'''Container'''||'''Free'''||'''Proprietary'''||'''[[https://shop.fluendo.com/|Commercial]]'''||
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- || Microsoft ASF (WMA/WMV) || X (asfdemux) || || X (gst-fluendo-asf) ||
+ || Microsoft ASF (WMA/WMV) || X (asfdemux/ffdemux_asf) || || X (gst-fluendo-asf) ||
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- || MPEG SS/System Stream || X || || ||
 || MPEG2 PS/Program Stream || X || || X (gst-fluendo-mpegdemux) ||
 || MPEG2 TS/Transport Stream || || || X (gst-fluendo-mpegdemux) ||
+ || MPEG SS/System Stream || X (mpegparse) || || ||
 || MPEG2 PS/Program Stream || X (ffdemux_mpeg) || || X (flupsdemux) ||
 || MPEG2 TS/Transport Stream || X (ffdemux_mpegts) || || X (flutsdemux) ||
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- || Xiph/Ogg || X (oggdemux) || || ||
 || Ogm || X (ogm_audio/video/text_parse) || || ||
 || Matroska (MKV) || X (matroskademux) || || ||
+ || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg|Xiph/Ogg]] || X (oggdemux) || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg_Media|Ogm]] || X (ogm_audio/video/text_parse) || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska|Matroska]] (MKV/MKA) || X (matroskademux/ffdemux_matroska) || || ||
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- || DivX Media Format (DMF) || || || ||
+ || [[http://www.freemxf.org/|MXF]] || X (ffdemux_mxf) || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX_Media_Format#DivX_Media_Format_.28DMF.29|DivX Media Format]] (DMF) || ? || || ||
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- ||'''Protocol'''||'''Free'''||'''Proprietary'''||'''[https://shop.fluendo.com/ Commercial]'''||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Media_Services Microsoft MMS] || X (mmssrc) || || ||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_time_control_protocol RTCP]+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_transport_protocol RTP] || || || ||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol RTSP]+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_transport_protocol RTP] || X (rtspsrc/rtpdec) || || ||
 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol RTSP]+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDT_stream_transport RDT] (Real Data Transport) || X (rtspsrc/rdtdepay) || || ||
+ ||'''Protocol'''||'''Free'''||'''Proprietary'''||'''[[https://shop.fluendo.com/|Commercial]]'''||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Media_Services|Microsoft MMS]] || X (mmssrc) || || X (?) ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_time_control_protocol|RTCP]]+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_transport_protocol|RTP]] || || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol|RTSP]]+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_transport_protocol|RTP]] || X (rtspsrc/rtpdec) || || ||
 || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Streaming_Protocol|RTSP]]+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDT_stream_transport|RDT]] (Real Data Transport) || X (rtspsrc/rdtdepay) || || ||
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- * free: gst-plugins-base-0.10, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad(-multiverse), gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly(-multiverse), gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
+ * free: gst-plugins-base-0.10, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad(-multiverse), gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly(-multiverse), gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, gstreamer0.10-schroedinger (Dirac)
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- * [https://shop.fluendo.com/ commercial] : 
 || '''(De)muxers''' || '''gst-fluendo-mpegdemux''' (3), gst-fluendo-isofile, gst-fluendo-asf, gst-fluendo-asfmux ||
 || '''Audio Codecs''' || '''gst-fluendo-mp3''' (3), gst-fluendo-ac3dec, gst-fluendo-wmadec/enc, gst-fluendo-realdec, gst-fluendo-alsaspdif ||
+ * [[https://shop.fluendo.com/|commercial]] :
 || '''(De)muxers''' || '''gst-fluendo-mpegdemux''' (4), '''gst-fluendo-mpegmux''' (4), gst-fluendo-isofile, gst-fluendo-asf, gst-fluendo-asfmux ||
 || '''Audio Codecs''' || '''gst-fluendo-mp3''' (4), gst-fluendo-ac3dec, gst-fluendo-wmadec/enc, gst-fluendo-realdec, gst-fluendo-alsaspdif ||
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-: available in Ubuntu repositories. Other could be bought from Fluendo site or builded from [https://core.fluendo.com/gstreamer/svn/trunk/ their source repository].
+: available in Ubuntu repositories. Others could be bought from Fluendo site or builded from [[https://core.fluendo.com/gstreamer/svn/trunk/|their source repository]].

Ubuntu Wiki

CodecSupport

Summary

Implementation

Codecs

Packages