Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:08:15 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Michael Johnson" <ahze@ahze.net> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: faad/faac and drm Message-ID: <op.t1snb1hf9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <43CDDE96-3D16-424D-9419-69663A283AC0@ahze.net> References: <200711102306.41449.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0711101643190.1312@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet> <op.t1qzd7mf9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <43CDDE96-3D16-424D-9419-69663A283AC0@ahze.net>
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:58:30 -0600, Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net> wrote: > > On Nov 13, 2007, at 3:33 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > >> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:44:47 -0600, Wes Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Peter Schuller wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> multimedia@freebsd.org is MAINTAINER of faad/faac, hence I am asking >>>> here. >>>> >>>> audio/faac produces .aac files that are not playable with mplayer, >>>> nor even >>>> decodeable with faad. Disabling drm in faac makes it playable with >>>> mplayer, >>>> but still not decodeable with faad unless drm is disabled in faad too. >>>> >>>> Both ports have explicitly enabled drm by a CONFIGURE_ARGS addition. >>>> >>>> With DRM they won't play/decode with: >>>> >>>> Error: Bitstream value not allowed by specification >>>> >>>> Is there some reason why the ports have drm enabled? Given that it's >>>> not >>>> tunable, would it not be a better default to not have it enabled? >>>> Under what circumstances does anyone really want the drm stuff anyway? >> >> Good question, I have no idea why ahze has put drm enabled by default. >> I will have to ask him. It's a bit hard for him to use computer at the >> moment with his broke finger with bracket from hand to arm. :-) >> > > I added it in 2004 because it was used in the .spec file included with > faad. no other reason. I see this problem also > with some profiles (LC-mpeg2) of faac. I say get rid of it --enable-drm > since its causing problems now. I have committed faac/faad to remove drm with portmgr's approve. Cheers, Mezz >> I think that --enable-drm is Digital Radio Mondiale, not Digital Rights >> Management. I didn't check in there thought. >> >>> I think I saw a thread earlier this week about faac 1.26 being broken. >>> Try downgrading to 1.25. >> >> Why downgrade if you can get faad/faac works when you disable drm? ;-) >> >> Cheers, >> Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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