Hi! We, KDE SIG, are considering which backend should be default for Phonon in Fedora. Seems like it's not easy to agree on final decision @ KDE SIG meetings, we'd like to summarize what's the problem, some backends facts (please correct me, comment, add, etc.) and we'd like to hear comments from outer KDE SIG universe, from you, Fedora developers & users, too. First question is which Phonon use - there are two actually - one is part of Qt, one is part of KDE. Upstream recommends building/packaging phonon from qt, and building/packaging backends separately. Some backends facts... GStreamer backend facts: * now default one in Fedora (F12, rawhide) * GStreamer is Fedora's default multimedia framework - better support from Fedora side? (PA, releases) * Phonon backend not as mature as Xine one - missing functionality * Maybe more support from upstream developers in the future? [1] * Nokia is upstream Xine backend facts: * default in F10 & F11 * recommended by sandsmark (upstream developer) and Amarok team * Xine is not as well supported as GStreamer in Fedora - but currently nearly bug free * KDE is upstream We prepared test plan but still we don't have any response from our users. For some users Xine one works better, for others GStreamer backend works better. Seems like it depends on sound HW, ALSA support, PA, engine, backend -> lots of possibilities. So there are two questions: 1. which Phonon 2. which backend fits better to Fedora... [1] http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/phonon-backends/2009-September/000304.html Jaroslav & KDE SIG -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
