But hang on – the Raspberry Pi runs a Linux distribution, so why isn't the MPEG-2 codec free? In the case of Linux distributions, free versions of media encoders and decoders are used instead. Other operating systems include the cost of the various codecs within the price of the operating system. Many media players on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux distributions will allow you to enjoy MPEG-2 without any licencing issues, though – so what is going on? What makes the Raspberry Pi so different that it requires a licence to playback MPEG-2 videos, and how exactly does this license work? The reason for this is not a hardware failure or even a software failure, however – rather, it is all down to licencing. Many people have run into trouble with the fact that while the Raspberry Pi will happily transcode high definition videos, it seemingly cannot playback MPEG-2 videos. ![]() Cueing up some videos to enjoy on my Raspberry Pi yesterday, I made a startling discovery – it wouldn't play MPEG videos! Has this happened to you? Are you running a RaspBMC media centre on your Raspberry Pi computer, or enjoy viewing videos through the desktop? Have you noticed that certain video files cannot be played back?
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