CodecSupport
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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.
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]