Re: LUG: Anybody knows \"How to speed up processing speed in Fedora - Sat, 28 May 2005 19:14:42 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Anybody knows \"How to speed up processing speed in Fedora

From : Brian Pike <bapike@unity.ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Sat, 28 May 2005 19:14:42 -0400

Fedora and other distributions don't include software to play videos, mp3s
and other media files for a few reasons:
- Some codecs are patent-encumbered. If Fedora distributed code to
decode mp3 files they might need to pay royalties or risk leaving
themselves (or their customers) open to lawsuits.
- Other media formats have no open-source implementation. Some of these
projects (mplayer and others) actually hook into Windows DLL files taken
from software programs that read these media files (for instance Real
Player). Fedora and others would face lawsuits if they distributed this
stuff without permission.

Just so you understand why that software isn't included in Fedora,
-Brian Pike

On Fri, 27 May 2005 ymleung@unity.ncsu.[redacted] wrote:

>
> Can anyone help me understand how to speed up FC 3. I came across a
> forum that you can limit the swap space and speed up the processing
> speed, however, they didn\'t have the steps on how-to do it. I am
> relatively new to the linux plateform and I hope to get some advices
> from here.
>
> If possible, can someone also tell me how to play make totem play avi,
> mpeg or any other video codecs ? or is there some apps that similar to
> winamp that can play videos and mp3s in FC3?
>
> -yat
>