On 05/10/11 10:07, Luke Yelavich wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 06:41:17AM EST, Jeremy Bicha wrote: >> On 4 October 2011 14:49, Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> wrote: >>> We probably don't want to switch video players in a lts cycle but not >>> sure if we should go with the new version (we staying on 3.0 which still >>> uses xv for Oneiric). Clutter-gst might introduce issues (vblank was >>> mentioning as a potential issue with compiz during this cycle when we >>> discussed it), not sure how much it got tested on i.e armel or how much >>> it could be an issue on some video drivers... >>> >>> Should we go for the new version and deal with issues or stay safe with >>> the old version using xv, or look for a different video player to use? >> Banshee plays videos too. Banshee git just got DVD support so maybe we >> can use one app for music & videos. Because it's new, DVDs probably >> don't work as well in Banshee yet but maybe it'll be fine once it gets >> more testing and use. > I am of the opinion that we should allow users to play back video separate to > their media library, should they choose to do so. This is possible on OS X > with Quicktime Player and iTunes. I know if I want to look at a video thats > not in my library or from a podcast, its much easier to find the video in > Nautilus and open with totem. > > Luke > It would be a big saving in CD size and complexity to have one audio/video playing application (like Banshee). As long as it can run in a simple mode (much like Shotwell does for browsing photos) is can cover both the "managed" and "ad-hoc" use cases. There's also some convergence going on with photos/music/videos that we need to think about for the future.
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