[MPlayer-users] RatDVD support?

[Kichigai Mentat]

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On Nov 30, 2005, at 20.01, some guy wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I tried to check the archive and I hope I'm not asking
> something that's already been discussed.  Will mplayer
> support the RatDVD format soon?
>
> Thanks
I'm not sure that MPlayer will support RatDVD any time soon. There  
really isn't much demand for it, as far as I can tell. It's kind of  
obscure. Then there are the following major reasons (Taken from the  
Wikipedia):

* Closed-source nature (Although the creator has stated that it will  
be released at some point in the future)
* Not being a standardized format.
* Being available only for the Microsoft Windows operating system;  
dependent on Microsoft DirectShow

MPlayer was originally developed as a Linux video player, and I think  
it's unlikely that they're about to include any Windows-only, non- 
standard, closed source video format. It pretty much goes against  
everything that was in mind when MPlayer was created (Open source,  
standards supporting, Linux media player).

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