[Sugar-devel] Sugar-devel Digest, Vol 58, Issue 47

[Tony Anderson]

Hi,

This is not a simple issue. I am not sure if there are legal 
ramifications if you install these codecs one laptop at a time or
if you incorporate it in a build and distribute it. I also really
have limited time. Some of those pages look like they need a lot of TLC.

If you wish, I could document the process I use (as in this thread).

Essentially the process is to install the ugly and ffmpeg (now libav) 
rpms on a Fedora system and then copy the necessary libraries (libmad, 
libfaad and libav).

The issue is not a desire to retrofit, but a necessity. I am traveling 
and do not have a Fedora system connected to the Internet. When I get 
home in October, I'll follow the yum downloader procedure and build a 
local repository using the gstreamer 1.0 rpms. I tried to install the 
ugly rpm and found a huge list of dependencies - mostly to do with parts 
of the package not needed for mp3.

Tony

On 08/24/2013 08:34 AM, Jerry Vonau wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
>>From:quozl at laptop.org  [mailto:quozl at laptop.org]
>>Sent: Saturday, 24 August 2013 11:19 a.m.
>>To: David Leeming
>>Cc: 'Tony Anderson';sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
>>Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar-devel Digest, Vol 58, Issue 47
>>
>>David,
>>
>>The "why is it so difficult" has to do with legal restrictions on OLPC
>>because of the jurisdictions it operates within.  It prevents OLPC OS
>>from containing everything that might be useful; including the ability
>>to play all video formats.
>>
>>You might not so hindered.
>>
>>We're happy to host the process documentation on the OLPC Wiki, as we
>>do already with how to add these packages in a custom build:
>>
>>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder/Add_repositories_and_packages
>>
>>You seem more interested in retrofitting; adding functionality back to
>>OLPC OS, rather than using a custom build, and so this documentation
>>is not as useful to you.
>>
>>So please, (both Tony and David), do publish your retrofit solution on
>>our Wiki so that other users (in such jurisdictions) can benefit.
>>
>>Other pages that deserve updates include:
>>
>>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/GStreamer
>>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Vmeta
>>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Restricted_formats
>>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Licensing