-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ronniew Whisler wrote: > Ok this is why I believe that gtk-totem is an excellent choice. I have > read all the negatives but let me explain some of the positives and > disban some of the negatives. First Totem is no more bloated than any
I agree; I don't think totem is "bloated", but one's initial perception can't be discounted. > other video player that handles as many formats. Second Gxine is a joke > and the gxine firefox plugin is an even bigger laugh. That thing isn't I understand this discussion forum is for opinions, but as we're attempting to evaluate xfmedia /replacements/, please attach significant evidence "validating" your opinion. I'm sure Darren Salt, who helped tremendously with gxine in Dapper, would like to know of purported shortcomings. [snip] > ex.: Quod Libet ) Ignoring gstreamer because you don't like totem will > be a giant mistake for Xubuntu. Using or embracing gstreamer will also Agreed. [snip] > As for xfmedia? Why waste anymore time on it. Its got to go. Its > terrible. It doesn't play radio streams. (at least easily) It doesn't > play cd's, it doesn't have a library manager for music and it doesn't > have a plugin for firefox. Totem and the firefox plugin plus gstreamer I'd be careful not to make my use cases /the/ use cases. :-) > for backend operations for all types of video / audio programs just > makes sense and would also releave some strain on developers as well. This argument above is the strongest one for including GSt. By including a platform used by at least two of the largest desktop environments, we contribute to coverage, which is important from a testing perspective at least. Thanks, - -- Daniel T. Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key: www.sh.nu/~crimsun/pubkey.gpg.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEgem7e9GwFciKvaMRAngkAJ4sUzQsxvi6VAG0LS52Sik690R9YgCgu6rq bIaQUNyv8pH2CLEru8j1vwE= =Zro8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
