bootable distro that plays restricted formats?

[Thomas Milne]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Thomas Milne
> <tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I need a bootable distro that will allow me to play the restricted
>> formats without installing any software. Does any such thing exist?
>> Any discs I've tried of course will not play the standard avi format
>> or mp3.
>
> You might have a look at dyne:bolic[1]; while it's primary focus seems
> more on creating content it may be suitable for your needs.  I played
> around with it several years ago and rather enjoyed it.
>
> Digging through the manual a bit I found some info on supported formats:
>
> Audio: WAV, MIDI, MP3, OGG / VORBIS, MOD, XM, FLAC, SPEEX (and more)
> Video: AVI, MPEG, DIVX , WMV, with additional support for TV cards and
> Quicktime, RTSP and HTTP live streams
>
> YMMV of course.
>
> [1] <http://dynebolic.org>
>

That looks promising, I'll check it out :-)

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