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Re: [Cooker] lame mp3 encoder

Anssi Hannula

2008-07-01

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Vincent Panel wrote:
> Hi,

Hi!

> Just out of curiousity, it seems mp3 decoding and encoding is not a
> problem for Mandriva from a patent point of view.

Um, really? It seems to me that mp3 decoding is not a problem (i.e. it
is allowed) for Mandriva, but encoding is.

> So why is the lame
> encoder not provided in main or contrib ? It prevents audiocd:/
> kioslave from extracting tracks on audio CDs to mp3.

Does it work if you install lame from PLF, or does it need to be
compiled in? If so, is this KDE3 or KDE4?

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Anssi Hannula
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