On 12/09/2007, Richi Plana <myfedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:31 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > > Bill Crawford wrote: > > > On 12/09/2007, Rodd Clarkson <rodd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> yum install gstreamer-plugins-bad > > > > >> This will install the mp3 codec along with a bunch of other 'bad' > > >> codecs. > > > > > > Quite. Again, it would be nice to be able to install *the plugin that's wanted*. > > > > > > And *only* the plugin that's wanted. > > > > Balance this with the convenience, useful for most users, to not have to > > hunt for codecs/plugins, install one package and be sure the multimedia > > playing troubles are solved. > > The Right Way(TM) (IMHO) to do that is to have a system that will 1) > find the name of the correct plugin to handle the multimedia file from a > directory, and 2) yum install it on-the-fly. Remember that formats and > plugins are popping up left and right. Some are encompassing, some are > more esoteric. You'll either be forced to keep updating the > one-package-to-rule-them-all file everytime something new comes up, or > you have the automated system I just mentioned. You can't have one big > package for all the plugins that you can enable at one time and have the > users hunt manually for the others as they come up. Codec Buddy: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureCodecBuddy though in F-8 it won't integrate with third-party repos just yet, so it will probably only redirect you to Fluendo's shop. -- Michel -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
