Because of that and many many other reasons it would be really cool, to have a mplayer backend for emotion. :) But I know, it's really tricky to find a good solution, because mplayer isn't meant to be just a backend.
On 11/3/08, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Dave Andreoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> ----- "Nicolas Aguirre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: >> >>> 2008/11/3 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> > Gstreamer just sucks to play video on nokia devices, and doing >>> extra >>> > copies or transformation from YUV to RGB is no-go on those >>> hardwares. >>> > That's why canola uses atakabe to play media, it will handle >>> mplayer, >>> > gstreamer... mplayer is optimized and outputs YUV at half >>> resolution >>> > using double-pixel directly to framebuffer (in fullscreen mode). >>> While >>> > in windowed mode, Canola just use ecore_x to reparent MPlayer's >>> window >>> > to the required position (it's a black rectangle in the theme). >>> > >>> > >>> >>> Exactly what I do with libplayer/mplayer in Enna :) >>> >> >> But in this way you can't have evas objects on top of the mplayer >> window... > > yes, that's the problem with such approach, but on that platform it's > the only option, really, you don't have much cpu power. > >> What about the vlc backend? It seem the better way for me as, for >> what I have understand, vlc doesn't use gstreamer. >> Someone have tryed it? > > it's totally buggy, needs fixing. AFAIR it calls back from thread, > which is not allowed in EFL, but people spotted different problems as > well. > > Also, vlc is not an option on that platform, gstreamer is the > "official" media player and uses dsp for audio decoding, but mplayer > is was optimized by a guy and is the best, it does this framebuffer > tricky and also have an ARM JIT compiler for scale. > > -- > Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > http://profusion.mobi embedded systems > -------------------------------------- > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: gsbarbieri > Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
