[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 105168] MPEG-2 Video (H.262) wont displayed in Impress on Windows

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105168

--- Comment #21 from Yousuf Philips (jay) <philipz85 at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Telesto from comment #19)
> I'm following the Media Playback issues a bit. It's probably a bit off topic
> and asked before, but anyway... I'm wondering, why is LibreOffice using the
> native (system) media-player/codecs anyway? Why not embed a cross platform
> directly media-player into LibreOffice (for example VideoLAN; MPV). Or - a
> bit less drastic - make it possible to use a specific backend if available:
> for example the VideoLAN (it can be pushed as a separate install).   

Yes this is off-topic, but the short answer is, codec patents. You can get a
clearer answer by asking Michael Stahl in the dev IRC channel, which i recently
did.

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