Fluendo codecs updated
We wanted to release them for Christmas but we missed that release date by 2 weeks. Anyway the Fluendo team is proud to announce that we have updated the codec packs available on Fluendo web store (https://shop.fluendo.com).
People who acquired one of the codec packs have a 1 (one) year support contract giving them free access to updates on their product. Just log in with your account, click the view button on the previous order list and download the updated product at the bottom of the order summary page.
For those interested, here is a list of changes in this update :
- Windows Media Video now supports Windows Media 7 and 8 on top of previously supported formats Windows Media Video 9 and VC1. Additionally this codec has received a lot of optimization love which makes it possible to play big HD clips on smaller hardware. Products including that codec : Complete set of playback plugins, Windows Media playback bundle, Windows Media Video.
- Windows Media Audio now supports Windows Media 10 and Windows Media Speech on top of previously supported formats Windows Media 7, 8, 9, Pro and Lossless. This codec has been optimized and consumes almost 50% less CPU. Products including that codec : Complete set of playback plugins, Windows Media playback bundle, Windows Media Audio.
- MPEG2 Video decoder has been optimized to reach similar performances than other competing decoders. Products including that codec : Complete set of playback plugins, MPEG playback bundle, MPEG2 Video Decoder.
- H.264/AVC and AAC have been added to the Complete set of playback plugins. You can now play your AAC songs or watch QuickTime movies using a highly optimized set of decoders for those formats. Products including that codec : Complete set of playback plugins.
- MMS network source has been thoroughly tested with a lot of Internet streams. Lot of improvements were done to support as much streams as possible. Products including that network source : Complete set of playback plugins, Windows Media playback bundle, Windows Media MMS.
Fluendo’s team wishes you a happy new year for 2008.
January 9th, 2008 at 14:40
Do these codecs (or the previous codecs) play Windows Media Voice audio?
January 9th, 2008 at 14:58
Is there multithread support?
January 9th, 2008 at 15:06
Yes the new Windows Media audio codec supports Speech/Voice from Microsoft.
Regarding Multithread support I think H.264 decoder can support it but it’s not enabled yet. We are looking into enabling that in the next update.
January 9th, 2008 at 15:33
So I hope the update comes soon.
When will the bugtracker will have h264 component? I allready have a bug. (Can’t play anything because libmcaacadec.so.7.2.0.21988 and libmch264dec.so.7.4.0.20778 are 32Bit allthough I downloaded 64Bit)
January 9th, 2008 at 16:08
If i’ve previusly bought the windows media playback bundle and i can still access it. Is it the new or old?
Version numbers please
January 9th, 2008 at 17:14
Frej: the file you can download has a filename containing -3 if that’s the new version.
Noneus: I will create the tracker components right away and investigate the .so files you mentioned.
January 9th, 2008 at 18:39
So, will Fluendo be the first company to offer an actually usable way to watch Bluray movies on Linux? I recently asked the same from Cyberlink and they were like “huh? 64-bit? Linux? What are those?”
January 10th, 2008 at 0:25
Nice to have improved plugins. They are also not that expensive. However, strangest thing is that you still a) don’t have a visible link/logo for your webshop from main page and b) your webshop design is kinda let down, knowing that you can better. I just start to wonder - is this intentional?
Maybe you have some patent scammers to hide from?
Anyway, good work with providing nice, commercial solution for playing prioritary codecs on Gstreamer.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:15
troll: we are still working on finalizing the standard DVD player. Blue ray is next on our list. we are trying to hire a resource that has very good experience in DVD read technology.
Peteris: well it’s just that we don’t have much time and resources currently focused on redesigning the web shop. We are hiring a resource for that to rewrite it and integrate it with the soon to come new version of Fluendo Codec Manager
January 11th, 2008 at 3:35
As always, a technically impressive but proprietary alternative to ffmpeg.
January 11th, 2008 at 3:36
(To clarify that: yes, I know about the patent license problem, but why not simply use ffmpeg and pay for the protection racket, if in a situation where you have to care?)