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List:       gnome-devel-list
Subject:    Re: multimedia infrastructure
From:       Sean Middleditch <elanthis () awesomeplay ! com>
Date:       2002-12-30 2:36:15
Message-ID: 1041215774.4589.25.camel () stargrazer ! home ! awesomeplay ! com
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You're a bit late - try http://www.gstreamer.net

On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 21:02, Florin Andrei wrote:
> Are there any plans for a multimedia infrastructure?
> 
> It would be nice if Gnome had a "multimedia player" backend, possibly in
> the form of a library, with an API that could be used by arbitrary Gnome
> applications.
> For example, once Gnome has this backend, Nautilus or any other
> application, including standard Gnome components (file browser, etc.)
> could call the library whenever there's a need to play a multimedia
> file.
> 
> If anyone thinks this is a good idea, such a library already exists:
> 
> http://xinehq.de/
> 
> xine is incorrectly called "a multimedia player". It is, in fact, a
> multimedia library, with several player interfaces built on top of it.
> xine-ui, the "official" xine player, is just one of these interfaces.
> 
> What do you guys think?
-- 
Sean Middleditch <elanthis@awesomeplay.com>
AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.


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