Fluendo MP3 Decoder
Fluendo MP3 Decoder
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Fluendo MP3 Decoder
The Fluendo mp3 decoder for GStreamer will add mp3 playback capability to all your GStreamer using applications.
The plugin is made to run on systems with GStreamer 0.10.3 or higher and glibc 2.4 or higher. We recommend all potential customers to get and try this plugin first as a test of whether our plugins will work on your system.
WARNING: Solaris users need to be aware that the only Solaris versions shipping GStreamer 0.10 at this point is Solaris Express. So be sure you either are able to install GStreamer yourself or that you are running a new enough version of Solaris.
MP3 and patents
The MP3 audio format is hard to avoid as it is the format supported by almost all portable music players and many people have already converted their audio CD collections to the mp3 format. Today the Free Software community along with many others are trying to migrate the world over to using the open and royalty-free Ogg Vorbis codec. Yet a transition solution is needed and this is where the Fluendo GStreamer MP3 plug-in comes in.
The Fluendo MP3 plug-in project is a combination of multiple things.
- It is MIT licensed source code package implementating the mp3 codec.
- It is a fully licensed binary GStreamer plug-in available for download.
- It is a redistribution contract allowing distributions to distribute the binary Fluendo GStreamer MP3 plug-in free of charge.
The MIT licensed source code
Fluendo has developed an mp3 decoder which is fully usable and works today. We hope that by licensing its source code under the very permissive MIT license we will get other people in the community to help out improving it, especially optimizing it for various platforms. The Fluendo mp3 plug-in's primary means of optimisation will be using the liboil optimisation library for optimisations, but others are and can be supported. There is support for Intel Programming Primitives optimisation included.
The fully licensed binary GStreamer plug-in
Fluendo has paid the license of Fraunhofer and Thomson to be able to distribute a binary mp3 decoder. This means that people who want mp3 support for the desktop music players can get a fully licensed plug-in directly from this site for doing so.
Where do I get the source code?
You can get the source code of the plugin using
subversion and check out the
code from https://core.fluendo.com/gstreamer/svn/trunk using the command:
svn co https://core.fluendo.com/gstreamer/svn/trunk
Issues to be aware of
If you are living in a country where the mp3 patents don't apply you can of course use the source code provided by Fluendo (or anyone else) to get legal mp3 support onto your Unix/GNU/Linux desktop.
On the other hand, if you live in a country where the patents apply, or if you are a distribution maker who sells your distribution in countries where the patents apply, then you need the licensed binary from Fluendo. This of course is no problem, but be aware that even if our binary is made from MIT licensed source code the resulting binary combined with our license is not free software, at least not GPL-compatible. This means that if you ship GStreamer with our binary mp3 plug-in, you need to be sure that you don't ship any GPL-licensed plug-ins that could end up being used together with the mp3 plug-in, as this would violate the GPL. And you don't want to violate the GPL. You also need to make sure you don't ship any GPL-licensed players which would use this plug-in.
Luckily most GStreamer plug-ins are LGPL and there are already playback applications out there with licensing terms that allow them to be used with non-free plug-ins. The Totem media player and the Banshee music player are two examples.
Software support period
Fluendo MP3 Decoder comes with 1 year of support period included in the price.
What is a support period?
It's a period of time during which you have access to newer versions of the product, including all improvements and bugfixes. You will always be able to download latest version of all the versions released before the end date of your support period.
Can I extend support period?
Yes. The cost of extension is much less than the cost of a new product.
What happens when my support period ends?
You still have access to latest version which has been released during the support period. However, the versions released after the support had expired will be inaccessible for you.
What are the discounts for support extension?
For Fluendo MP3 Decoder you have the following extensions available:
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Is there a package for you?
We were unable to determine automatically which of our files is best for your system. Please check if your hardware architecture and operating system are present in the list below.
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Linux generic x86 64bit
License
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