[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!
-- 
- Zachary J. Slater
zakk at timedoctor.org
zacharyslater at gmail.com



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