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title="NEW - MPEG-2 Video (H.262) wont displayed in Impress on Windows"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105168#c21">Comment # 21</a>
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title="NEW - MPEG-2 Video (H.262) wont displayed in Impress on Windows"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105168">bug 105168</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:philipz85@hotmail.com" title="Yousuf Philips (jay) <philipz85@hotmail.com>"> <span class="fn">Yousuf Philips (jay)</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to Telesto from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=105168#c19">comment #19</a>)
<span class="quote">> 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). </span >
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.</pre>
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