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List:       kde-multimedia
Subject:    Re: building Phonon backend
From:       Matthias Kretz <kretz () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-05-26 8:32:33
Message-ID: 200605261032.36695.kretz () kde ! org
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Hi Gary!

On Friday 26 May 2006 02:02, Gary Cramblitt wrote:
> I've written a Phonon plugin for KTTS.  Took about 15 minutes.  Really easy
> using the simplePlayer object.  Great job!

Cool.

> When I call simplePlayer->play() right now, it plays a test sound
> infinitely.   Is this the expected behavior of the test backend?

It should play the sound for only 3 minutes.

> How can I go about compiling a backend for Phonon?  I've heard there is an
> xine backend, but I can't seem to find it in svn.  Could someone get me
> started please?

The xine backend is in branches/work/kde4/playground/multimedia/phonon-xine. 
There's also the NMM backend in trunk/KDE/kdemultimedia/phonon-nmm. To use 
the NMM backend you need latest CVS from NMM, though.

> Assuming I get a backend built and installed, how do I configure Phonon to
> use that backend?

There's a KCM for that now. Call "kcmshell kcm_phonon" to set the backend 
preference.

-- 
C'ya
        Matthias
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