[The E]

It wouldn't. FSO uses a statically linked version of the libogg reference implementation; system codecs are never used.

[CaptJosh]

Oh. Nevermind then. I just ran into the issue with my system codecs a while back when trying to play that 1080 version of the new Endgame cutscene to see if someone else was right about there being a problem with it. It was worth a shot to mention it.

[Tolwyn]

I'm not sure if it would help, but you might also try updating your computer's ogg codecs. Some older versions do not decode theora video very efficiently.

It has nothing to do with my theora codecs - I am using latest version of ffmpeg2theora. In my estimation, the engine does not buffer enough audio data thus resulting in occasional playback hickups.

[CaptJosh]

We already established it's not a system codec issue, Tolwyn. FS2Open doesn't use the system codecs.

[Tolwyn]

That was actually the reason why AVI playback support was ditched a few years ago.

[Tomo]

Why doesn't FS2 Open use the system codecs?

Is it cross-platform compatibility issues, or just that nobody ever tried to do it?

[karajorma]

It's because it opens us up to a bunch of PITA tech support problems caused by systems with bad codecs!

Far better to handle the format internally as that narrows down the cause of any problem by quite a bit.

[The E]

Not to mention that each of the operating systems we support have different ways of accessing system codecs.