On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Hi, > > for all those who're signing up to test KDE, here's a first task for you: go > through the Phonon-GStreamer test cases at: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Phonon-GStreamer_Test_Plan > and report your results. > > I'll see if we can get a KDE live image from Rawhide built so you have a > faster way to get a default installation. Note that upgraded installations > are probably NOT default installations, you may be left with: > * phonon-backend-xine installed instead of phonon-backend-gstreamer (easily > remedied with yum install phonon-backend-gstreamer; rpm -e phonon-backend- > xine) and > * stale Phonon settings messing up things ? those are harder to get rid of, > unfortunately. > Still, test results from upgraded installations are also worthwhile. > I am just curious and have couple questions. -Why shall I want a gstreamer backend if I have a perfectly working xine backend? -Is this a solution in search of a problem? -Is gstreamer going to be the default backend? If so, I hope this doesn't turn to a disaster like pulseaudio. Orcan
