On Mi, 2012-11-21 at 15:50 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > 2012/11/21 Olav Vitters <[email protected]>: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:32:32PM +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote: > >> Le mercredi 21 novembre 2012 13:29:26, Olav Vitters a écrit : > >> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 02:11:40AM +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote: > >> > > If we want a full usable distro out the box, VLC must be the default > >> > > choice for all videos and then Totem could be removed. > >> > > >> > Which desktop are you using? VLC is IMO terrible, but I don't see why > >> > application defaults should be the same across desktops. Totem under > >> > anything other than GNOME: who cares? Maybe for XFCE VLC is a better fit > >> > or something. > >> > >> VLC works with any destop and any OS. > >> Most of people coming from Windows already use VLC. > >> LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird and VLC are the most universal > >> applications. > >> They allow easy migrations from Microsoft. > >> However, I prefer Konqueror and kmail in a KDE environment. > > > > You really like VLC :) > > > > If there is no KDE mediaplayer, then maybe file a bug. Totem in KDE is > > not the best match. > > Neither is dragon player nor is totem a good thing in Gnome. > > Both application suffer from the same cause: as soon as we enter the > video section we also become victims of the free/non-free/tainted > issue. Result: totem as well as dragon player as provided by the free > DVD are not able to play any kind of video, unless you install certain > plugins. Now the direct issue is, how both applications deal with > this. None of both is able to list all necessary plugins to play the > wanted video - it's always the dance "a plugin is missing!" - "Which > plugin?" then a forum helper tells you about one plugin, you install > it, restart totem and - Bang! - it kills you with another "A plugin is > missing!". Do that 3 times and maybe it works for this one video, > coming back with the next video format. Same with dragon player. > > It's an upstream issue all right, but why is it not possible to > include a function which lists ALL needed plugins, so you can install > all of them? Or even better, a meta-package for those who want it all, > which installs all available plugins for video play? I understand the > reasons why they can not be installed automatically, but it would be a > great step forward if all needed plugins can be installed in ONE step. > > Apart from that and not judging by look&feel, vlc really is the best > when it comes to playing media. >
I second that last comment! Cheers, R.Fox
