[openbeos] Re: File format support in Haiku

BTW, I am looking at future Haiku (as noted in the Working Groups doc) and not 
R1 development... if that explains where I'm coming from.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> [...]
> > This is, of couse, a very simplistic approach to the issue.  There 
> > are
> > actually many issues to consider in the process:
> 
> Something like this would be out of the scope for R1, but luckily, it 
> already exists in BeOS and Haiku :-)
> The Translation Kit handles various file types in an independent way 
> (unfortunately, it lacks heavily in the document area, image support is 
> very good, though), and the Media Kit makes sure that all apps (that 
> use it) support the same set of media encoders and decoders for audio 
> and video.
> 
> Bye,
>    Axel.
> 
>

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