maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Why does mplayer work without all of the extra codecs?

	Karel Jansens	2008-01-03 , 22:00
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Originally Posted by pauljohn32

But then I wondered, "if a file requires some strange codec that Mplayer is lacking, how is Media Converter able to open and convert the video file?" Know what I mean? It appears Media Converter can grab any kind of movie. Why does that work?

PJ

Um-- Because there are more codecs on your pc than on your Itablet?

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