Thanks for clearence ! On 26/03/2020 10:10, Michael Tremer wrote: > Hi, > >> On 26 Mar 2020, at 07:24, Matthias Fischer wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On 25.03.2020 22:11, Stephan Mending wrote: >>> I was wondering why IPFire needs codecs at all? >> I'm wondering, too... ;-) > There are a couple of reasons: > > The image libraries are used to generate graphs. There are multiple ways do encode those and there are plenty of interdependencies to it. > > The audio libraries are being used for libvirt, tshark to capture and decode audio and video, too. > > There are a couple of media streaming add-ons which also can re-encode things. It is of course up to everyone to decide if they want/need to use it. > >>> I bet there's a good reason. I just isn't clear to me. >> As I see it, the main reasons are the ability to do it by Pakfire and - >> perhaps - historical reasons(!?). >> >> The first things I noticed when I started with IPFire (~2011), were the >> multimedia addons (see: https://wiki.ipfire.org/addons). >> >> Who in god's name *needs* (and *wants*) "jukebox features", a "server >> for streaming MP3- and OGG-files" or "video recording" - plus more - on >> a *firewall*!? >> >> I saw this and thought: "Ok then, this is a *bit* different from IPCop, >> but what the heck. After all, you're not forced to install this cr** - >> its in your own responsibility. >> >> If it were up to me, these addons could be removed completely. >> >> Let the discussion begin... ;-) > I do not really want to re-open this one again. We dealt with that on repeat about 10 years ago. > > They are add-ons. There are plenty of others where I personally disagree with and yet they are in the distribution. People have different needs. > > -Michael > >> Jm2C! >> >> Best, >> Matthias