FS#4629 - codecs package should include Realmedia codecs

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Saturday, 13 May 2006, 02:04 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.1 Noodle
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Title says all, codecs for Realmedia are not included in the package and Realmedia support cannot be found outside the Win32 codecs. Since Realmedia is used all over the web, I would definitely call it an "essential" codec.
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Closed by  arjan timmerman (blaasvis)
Thursday, 08 June 2006, 15:12 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 13 May 2006, 09:09 GMT
Realplayer codecs are in the codecs package, at least that's what the changelogs and file listings of the upstream "essentials" codecs package say.
Comment by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Saturday, 13 May 2006, 11:55 GMT
Uh right... My bad, they seem to be there.

There is some really weird stuff going on though, Xine doesn't seem to see all the codecs... Can't play RealVideo at all, or some Quicktime movies.
Comment by 甘露(Lu Gan) (ganlu) - Monday, 15 May 2006, 07:10 GMT
Seems Xine refuse to read real media by legal issue.
Comment by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 01:22 GMT
MPlayer too AFAICT...

Is there a workaround? This is really annoying as hell.
Comment by 甘露(Lu Gan) (ganlu) - Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 07:13 GMT
Download this "all" codecs from mplayer site:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20060501.tar.bz2

extract all files to /usr/lib/win32

Maybe dev could consider use this instead of essential one to make codecs package.
Comment by 甘露(Lu Gan) (ganlu) - Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 07:15 GMT
Oh, I should test the new essential-20060504 to see if this has been solved. Report minutes later.
Comment by 甘露(Lu Gan) (ganlu) - Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 07:27 GMT
The answer is NO, so I suggest it's time to change "essential" to "all" if no any other blockers.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 07:41 GMT
The essentials codec package should be enough according to the mplayer homepage, but it seems it isn't. Could you provide me with a realmedia and a quicktime file that doesn't play with the essentials package, but does play with the -all package?
Comment by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Tuesday, 16 May 2006, 10:49 GMT
Unplayable quicktime file is available at thread about Totem plugin, here:

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4628

The Quicktime files linked to cannot play with only essential codecs, but they did play with the full codec pack.
Comment by Vinay S Shastry (shastry) - Friday, 19 May 2006, 17:01 GMT
And for realmedia file with xine, you can grab any rm file from http://southparkx.net
Comment by Gabriel Linder (raskolnikov) - Monday, 22 May 2006, 21:40 GMT
I wanted to report this too, as I was having some videos here that can not be read... I confirm that upgrading to pack "all" instead of "essential" worked for me. Cannot remember where I download the videos, though :(
Comment by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Sunday, 04 June 2006, 19:41 GMT
Alright, would one of you mind flagging this Confirmed?

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