[linux-audio-user] gstreamer, rhythmbox, and mp3

Peteris Krisjanis pecisk at gmail.com
Tue Feb 6 03:00:42 EST 2007


2007/2/6, carmen <_ at whats-your.name>:
> On Tue Feb 06, 2007 at 09:33:03AM +0200, Peteris Krisjanis wrote:
> > >
> > >I've been warned by a number of Linux folk to avoid GStreamer.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sure, you can avoid Gstreamer, no one will force to use that. What I
> > am surprised about - and why I write this reply, usually I am in
> > reading mode of this very useful mailing list - that Gstreamer gets so
> > much badmouthing not even caring to check out lastest progress.
>
> i actually checked out and built SVN before badmouthing it :)
>

So how it comes that we have totally different expierences with it?

> the jack sink IS welcomed progress. i think we should all embrace it, as a 'desktop and pro apps can peacefully coexist' solution..
>

Highly doubt that, I am using JACK and it rocks on it's own merits,
but it is definetly hard to provide it as usable solution for
non-geeks.

Cheers,
Peter.



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