Just posted about this as a passing comment elsewhere on the board, however thought I'd ask here if anyone is able to.
Mplayer is fine and good as it is, but would be nicer if it supported more codecs. Is it possible that some coder out there can make a newer version that supports plugin support for new codecs. That is, can mplayer be released in a working format, that plays all its current files, but support the ability for someone to, say, port over a cinepak codec (bad example I know), that would then be utilised by Mplayer for decoding cinepak films?
Not saying it would be easy, but I imagine that with this sort of support in mplayer, the onus for codec support could then shift to us, and those who can code, to port the codecs to the device.
Mplayer is fine and good as it is, but would be nicer if it supported more codecs. Is it possible that some coder out there can make a newer version that supports plugin support for new codecs. That is, can mplayer be released in a working format, that plays all its current files, but support the ability for someone to, say, port over a cinepak codec (bad example I know), that would then be utilised by Mplayer for decoding cinepak films?
Not saying it would be easy, but I imagine that with this sort of support in mplayer, the onus for codec support could then shift to us, and those who can code, to port the codecs to the device.
