Difference between revisions of "Direct Media Object"
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Description
Aka. MS DMO API, it is an API for various codecs and other Direct Media Objects.
Integration in VLC
Using DMO, VLC media player can use external codecs to read some video it couldn't without.
VLC media player can use DMO to decode many Windows Media codecs that are not native, like Microsoft Screen codecs or Microsoft Image codecs.
Windows
Use it with the --codec dmo switch or activate it in the preferences.
Linux
Under linux, you can use them with the --enable-loader switch that uses Wine's emulation. You have to put the Windows Media dlls in the /usr/win32 folder.
