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<blockquote data-quote="funkstar" data-source="post: 699001" data-attributes="member: 14311">Yeah because rewriting all the Windows dependant code to run on Linux would be a really good use of time and energy.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />I think there is enough work for the developers at the moment without someone taking on the challenge of integrating native codecs (even if they are taken from another application) and then maintaining that portion of the system. It wouldn't just be a case of lifting the code from VLC and dropping it into MP, there would need to be hooks between MP and the codecs, and it's likely they wouldn't be the same as the hooks VLC uses. Perhaps it wouldn't be possible without effectively rewriting them as they may be too tightly integrated with VLC. I wouldn't know, do you? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />MP already does a pretty good job of using the codecs installed on your system, granted Windows could be better at managing it's codecs, but that's a whole other argument. As 1stdead said, SAF is all you really need.I'd rather have the cons of a Windows system over the cons of a Linux system personally. No matter what I did, I could never get a completely working system when I tried MythTV. Kernel modules, open source drivers, package installers and dependency hell are not to be sniffed at <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="funkstar, post: 699001, member: 14311"] Yeah because rewriting all the Windows dependant code to run on Linux would be a [B]really[/B] good use of time and energy. :D I think there is enough work for the developers at the moment without someone taking on the challenge of integrating native codecs (even if they are taken from another application) and then maintaining that portion of the system. It wouldn't just be a case of lifting the code from VLC and dropping it into MP, there would need to be hooks between MP and the codecs, and it's likely they wouldn't be the same as the hooks VLC uses. Perhaps it wouldn't be possible without effectively rewriting them as they may be too tightly integrated with VLC. I wouldn't know, do you? :) MP already does a pretty good job of using the codecs installed on your system, granted Windows could be better at managing it's codecs, but that's a whole other argument. As 1stdead said, SAF is all you really need. I'd rather have the cons of a Windows system over the cons of a Linux system personally. No matter what I did, I could never get a completely working system when I tried MythTV. Kernel modules, open source drivers, package installers and dependency hell are not to be sniffed at :) [/QUOTE]

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