Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879

[David Hansen]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:25:05 -0400 Richard Stallman wrote:

> You have made a series of true statements which don't relate to the
> point.  I think we are not talking about the same thing.
>
>     >     mplayer does not encourage the use of proprietary codecs.
>     >
>     > What are the facts on which you base that conclusion?
>
>     For a lot of people it is important that they can watch DVDs or listen
>     to their favorite radio on the computer (just to mention two examples).
>
> That may be true, but it doesn't support your statement
> that mplayer does not encourage the use of proprietary codecs.

Well, OK:  mplayer supports some proprietary codecs but I don't see how
this encourage it's use.  And second:  For video *encoding* only codecs
with a GPL compatible implementation are supported.  I think one can
call this "encouraging the use of free codecs".

The mplayer website explicitly states that the binary only codecs are
not needed to play the most common video files.  It's your choice, no
encouragement at all (at least from my view).

David