"Free codecs" is an incorrect phrase

After looking through the text in the rest of the program, the messages are inconsisted throughout: some say "install" others "enable", still others have no verb.

I tried editing the messages.pot file in my easyubuntu directory, but that didn't change the text of the program when I ran it.

On Friday 07 April 2006 12:48, Alex Chekholko wrote:
> Description:
> Under the Media tab, there is a checkbox called "Free codecs: Add
> Support for playing mp3 and other non-free formats".
>
> First of all, "Support" shouldn't be capitalized.
>
> Second of all, IMHO "add support" is a vague statement and should be
> removed.
>
> Third of all, both Free and "non-free" are used in the same sentence,
> ostensibly describing the same codecs.
>
> I recommend the line be changed to "Codecs: for playing mp3s and other
> non-Free formats"
>
> Then, because the next line reads "Binary codecs: Add support for
> proprietary video and audio formats" the user is expected to know the
> difference between "binary" and "non-binary" and "Free" and "non-free"
> and "proprietary". It's not clear to me what that difference is.
> Perhaps there is an even better way to word this?
>
> Another alternative is to follow the Ubuntu project an call the formats
> "Free Formats" and "Restricted Formats" like here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreeFormats
The codecs for playing free formats come preinstalled with Ubuntu.

EasyUbuntu installs the free implmentation of the codecs required to play
restricted formats.

This should be more clear.
> A further question is: would anyone want to install the "Free Codecs"
> but NOT the "Binary Codecs"? IMHO, no, so maybe you should just combine
> all the codecs into one checkbox?
Binary codecs are codecs like w32codecs, which might be illegal to install
(Todo: Warning sign) in a few countries. These are x86 architecture specific.
Hence I will not combine then into one checkbox.

Maybe this should also be made clear in EasyUbuntu Documentation
(https://launchpad.net/products/easyubuntu/+spec/easyubuntu-documentation).

The docs have had a line " The free codecs are freely available, open source codecs for playing restricted media formats" added at Rev 16

fixed in revision 266