7 Apr
2006
7 Apr
'06
11:04 p.m.
On Fri Apr 07, 2006 at 11:22:48PM +0200, Albert Graef wrote:
Dave Robillard wrote:
its definitely the first point of failure, be it some weird pipe issue, refusing to
playback at all, buffering problems, file-metainfo-chokage, etc. in any audio app ive
tried that users it (well mainly banshee, rhythmbox, bmpx, and amarok). im not alone (and
my comrades have different reasons): http://lwn.net/Articles/178336/
what advantage does it serve other than insulating yourself against the external API (ALSA
dying in 6 months? i think not..)
I've been toying with the idea of adding
support for gstreamer
sources...
I also have a Q module for gstreamer on my TODO list (more geared
towards video playback and editing, though). Has anyone tried gstreamer
lately? Is it usable? Does the API still change a lot?
--
Dr. Albert Gr"af
Dept. of Music-Informatics, University of Mainz, Germany
Email: Dr.Graef(a)t-online.de, ag(a)muwiinfa.geschichte.uni-mainz.de
WWW: http://www.musikinformatik.uni-mainz.de/ag