Hi all, I check WineHQ today and was suprised that the new dev version was released on a Wednesday, not a Friday. Then I saw "Use of external libmpg123 for mp3 decoding." [Shocked] Now MP3 playback is built in? Or does this feature only hook onto an external program? If it's built in then Wine is illegal in my country, where software patents apply. Or does software patents only apply when it's for profit? Also, is winemp3, is this also built into Wine? Thanks :?
I also have a question. One of my music applications likes to use whatever codecs Windows offers - for example, LAME for MP3 encoding when it's installed. Will Wine ever include one of these by default, and if not, how do I install an external one (like LAME) with Wine (as the DLL version)?
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Itacious<wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Hi all, > > I check WineHQ today and was suprised that the new dev version was released on a Wednesday, not a Friday. Then I saw "Use of external libmpg123 for mp3 decoding." [Shocked] Now MP3 playback is built in? Or does this feature only hook onto an external program?Only if you have the external library installed. Or use --without-libmpg123 when compiling to disable it.>If it's built in then Wine is illegal in my country, where software patents apply. Or does software patents only apply when it's for profit?Ask a lawyer, not the internet. -- -Austin