[ATrpms-users] problem with libtheora?

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 11:11:51PM +1100, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Feb 17, 2008 8:18 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> > What does rpm -q libtheora say?
> >
> > The problem is that libtheora-1.0alpha7-1 has a broken
> > versioning. E.g. 1.0alpha7 > 1.0. You should probably simply remove
> > libtheora0 and let libtheora-1.0alpha7-1 install.
> 
> -bash-3.1$ rpm -q libtheora
> libtheora-1.0-8_alpha7.0.el5
> 
> I installed libtheora from atrpms when I installed mythtv 0.21, it was
> a dependency. I wouldn't have installed it otherwise, don't even know
> what it's for !

It's a patent free codec, much like ogg vs mp3. If you would transcode
mythtv output to theora you would need it.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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