[GEM-dev] [ pd-gem-Bugs-3517368 ] gem 0.93 does not play .mpg files on Mac OS X

[chris clepper]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:

> > as chris has pointed out, it's probably better to drop mpg support on
> > OSX, rather than trying to fix it (esp. since i don't have too much
> > time right now).
> >
> > it _is_ a regression, but with a low priority.
>
> I think we should leave it open for someone to fix rather than removing
> it, but I agree, it is low priority.
>
>
I suggested removing the alea.mpg file (and maybe replace the other
antiquated media files too).

There is no way to remove MPEG-1 support as it's part of Quicktime.
 There's also no way to play an MPEG-1 in an 'alternate' way than just
straight ahead QT calls other than completely changing the code to whatever
half-assed Cocoa replacement Apple is trying to sell this month.  QT used
to be a feature rich API for professional media creation, now it's just
something that plays video on a phone.
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