[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] Use libunrar when available (2nd try)

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 6/22/06, Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 01:39:46PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 07:34:37PM +0800, Zuxy Meng wrote:

> > That's a big can of worms.  You'll find different opinions out there.
> > The FSF position is that it will violate the GPL.
>
> I agree that it violates the GPL regardless of whather you use dlopen
> or -lunrar... Why do people keep insisting on this useless rar support
> anyway?

I agree it's a bad idea to use RAR, but I must say I find it very
convenient to be able to watch movies with RARed vobsubs (which are
usually quite big) without having to uncompress them first.
Just think about projects like geexbox, which allow ppl to switch a
diskless PC into a DVD/"DivX" player.

Guillaume
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