Re: [PLUG] encoding to WMA

[gyoza@comcast.net]

Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
> On Monday 29 January 2007 17:24, Mag Gam wrote:
>   
> > Anyone know if its possible to encode to WMA, using ffmpeg or mencoder?
> >     
>
> It is possible, but distributions do not ship these codecs because they are 
> not legally distributable in many countries without a license from their 
> respective vendors.  It is, however, entirely possible to get them from 3rd 
> party sources, which would allow you to encode and decode with them.  The 
> procedure varies across distributions, so could you tell which one(s) you 
> use?
>   
There is a package (I use Kubuntu.) that contains a bunch of codecs.  
Try "apt-cache search codec" to find it.  Of course, check to make sure 
you have more than the default repositories enabled and run "apt-get 
update" before the search command.
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