.RMVB support?

[hageir]

with the .rmvb format widely gaining popularity is it possible to have rmvb support in VLC?

[zorglub]

Hello,

Please read the dozens of previous posts that explain why it isn't possible.

[Guest]

Well, it's not completely impossible, but it would take a helluva lot of work.

It could possibly be done if someone was really motivated and had a few months of free time.

[Guest]

And be sure that some Real Agents won't backstab the developer =)
Universal donate project for realvideo/audio and windows media decoders would be nice.

[Guest]

Actually, some money was raised for development of a Windows Media Video decoder.
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?tit ... er_Of_Code

As for RealVideo, it's not so much an issue of raising money as finding qualified developers who have both the skills and the time necessary to take on a complex project like that. If all it took was $5000 to pay someone to work on RealVideo compatibility then the money could probably be raised. But it's not that simple.

[dionoea]

specs for WMV3 / VC1 are available on the web for free (at least for draft versions).

specs for real video aren't ...

[Guest]

Exactly.

Actually, the VC1 specs are rather incomplete, but some of it has been figured out now. See http://codecs.multimedia.cx/ for progress reports.

It's taken a long time to get that far with Windows Media, and there's even less info available on RealVideo.