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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: aRts as KDE2.0 audio server
From:       Martin Vogt <mvogt () rhrk ! uni-kl ! de>
Date:       1999-09-06 13:53:56
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On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 09:34:45PM +0200, Stefan Westerfeld wrote:
>    Hi!
> 
> On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 07:53:57PM +0200, Martin Vogt wrote:
> 
> Well, using esd is fine with me. If people want that.
> 
> > If KDE 2.0 is someday out, I think a lot of CORBA porting will
> > start: The authors of the different apps like kmp3,kmikmod,...
> > will do CORBA interfaces to their apps.
> > Letīs wait until they have a bit experience with CORBA, and start 
> > using it, before we push now a CORBA based interface into KDE
> > which no one (except arts) uses.
> 
> First of all: I don't want to have a CORBA interface in KDE which
> no one, but arts, uses. (In fact, I now read your sentence three
> times, and am still not sure if I have understood what you think
> I want to do, and why this is bad?).
>
Its not bad. But currently all players are not CORBA based.
I have no experience with CORBA and I think this goes for
many other people as well.
I donīt know what I can do with CORBA and what should be done
in CORBA and what not.
I think I will start with this CORBA after KDE2.0 is out.
If KDE2.0 then has the arts audio server already in, its okay
for me. I will look at it.

In fact, the only thing which I would like to have in KDE2.0
is an audioserver which mixes audio.(arts or esd)
Ahem, and it should be easy to use.



> I think there is one major problem in your idea: you just can't let
> everybody add some kind of CORBA interface that just does something
> or other. If you do so, you end up with a houndred incompatible apps.
>
Yes, this is the problem.
Maybe its a good idea to put the arts audioserver in KDE2.0.
This at least would gurantee that the authors have a look
at it, and can improve it if the porting starts.
Iīm not against using the arts audio server.(to make this clear)


regards,


Martin

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