On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 19:21 -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:10:29 -0700, Trever L. Adams > <tadams-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For someone who understands gstreamer, this should be a VERY simple > > plugin to write I would think. > > shrug.. i was just pointing out one of the primary reasons i see fc3 > users are still using xmms. > I'll let other people decide if this is an important enough reason to > keep xmms in Core or not. Perhaps the gtk2 based beep can be used > instead to fill the same role so that the older gtk libs can be > removed from core. > That was my intent, the old libraries would be nice to lose. > And i'm not even sure this is a simple gst plugin fix. Does rhythmbox > even play audio cds? Typically what i see happening when novice users > try to play cds on their gnome fc3 desktops is gnome-cd will open up > and start accessing the audio cd. If their system doesn't have an > analog audio connection between the soundcard and the cd unit .... > there is no sound.... gnome-cd plays.. but there is no sound. Seems > to afflict a number of users who have integrated audio hardware > instead of an actual soundcard.. but I can't speak first hand since I > don't have any systems with integrated audio. And doing a quick ldd > against gnome-cd and i'm not seeing any obvious libgst* references > that would indicate gnome-cd is actually using gst at all. So I'm not > sure this is an easy gst plugin fix. > > -jef > I am afraid you are right, but gnome-cd could be rewritten to use gst framework and play both ways. Trever -- "There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew." -- Thomas Alva Edison, December 9, 1914
