[quake3] Mp3 support patch
Zachary J. Slater
zakk at timedoctor.org
Thu Oct 5 04:01:37 EDT 2006
Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> Zachary J. Slater wrote:
>> If you really feel that the code is solid, and won't change much, apply
>> it to the trunk, but not the rc branch. I have no qualms about mp3
>> decoding support being bad (I was never concerned about patents) at this
>> point, neither Tim nor Ludwig have voiced opinions for or against (I'd
>> like one or both of them to do so).
>
> My only concern is adding more compile time options. A binary
> compiled with this patch enabled would not run on a default SUSE
> Linux (and other commercial distros) due to lack of libmad. I doubt
> anyone wants to ship libmad with their installer so an ioquake3 with
> mp3 support would be annoying for novice users. In order to
> optionally support mp3 it would be better to have sound codecs in
> shared libraries and dlopen the snd_codec_t interface.
>
> cu
> Ludwig
Make the pain stop :)
This is definitely not going in, we really need this negative on the
help page, a roadmap, and then the patches page so when it gets asked, I
can't possibly forget.
Thanks for your suggestions though, Ludwig, they are appreciated!
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- Zachary J. Slater
zakk at timedoctor.org
zacharyslater at gmail.com
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