From kde-multimedia  Sat Mar 29 10:50:50 2008
From: Matthias Kretz <kretz () kde ! org>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:50:50 +0000
To: kde-multimedia
Subject: Re: Konrad Materka, GSOC proposal
Message-Id: <200803291150.50951.kretz () kde ! org>
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-multimedia&m=120678932915076
MIME-Version: 1
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============0653330642=="

--===============0653330642==
Content-Type: multipart/signed;
  boundary="nextPart1438136.OVvikdJTGq";
  protocol="application/pgp-signature";
  micalg=pgp-sha1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

--nextPart1438136.OVvikdJTGq
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline

On Friday 28 March 2008, Konrad Materka wrote:
> Ian Monroe napisa=C5=82(a):
> > I'm pretty sure it's your signature and the way you send messages
> > that's giving grief, so I confidently copy your message to respond to.
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org> wrote:
> >> SpamAssassin doesn't like me today:
> >>  http://vir.homelinux.org/stupid_spamassassin.mbox
> >> I didn't say whether the subtitle gets parsed in libphonon or in the
> >> backend. And I'm not sure at this point where it really should go. But
> >> ideally Phonon should be able to handle any media format, and that
> >> includes ext. subtitle files.
> >>
> >> For a start I'd put subtitle parsing in the backend. It's easier to mo=
ve
> >> code from the backend to the frontend than the other way around.
> >
> > Given the Xine has no way to decode just subtitles, I suppose this
> > means he'd have to add the functionality to like phonon-xine. Perhaps
> > he could do it in a such a way that it'd be easy to add to other
> > phonon backends.
> >
> > Perhaps the ability to drag around subtitles could be in the frontend at
> > least?
>
> Uh, I've just read this and I see it is getting warmer :)
>
> I wanted widget to have full control and for example capture mouse
> events. Of course, we can propose workaround. For example, dragging
> subtitles around: redirect some events or change subtitles positions in
> realtime...
> Simply, I (we!) have to make a choice - Phonon back-end or external widge=
t.
>
> Phonon:
> + one to rule them all
> - loss of control

I don't see the loss of control.

> Widget:
> + more control
> + could be used without Phonon
> + it was the first idea :)
> - another universal library (in Phonon mean)

Usable without Phonon sounds like a plus, but really, how many use cases ar=
e=20
there for using a Qt/KDE-style API to subtitles but not use Phonon?

=2D-=20
________________________________________________________
Matthias Kretz (Germany)                            <><
http://Vir.homelinux.org/
MatthiasKretz@gmx.net, kretz@kde.org,
Matthias.Kretz@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

--nextPart1438136.OVvikdJTGq
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc 
Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQBH7h8Kyg4WnCj6OIoRAu1wAJkBFhmsHlz0b5PIbpcD9myszJO3lQCg3w8Y
ceAIxJYlq8p+QiH7CqfPgTU=
=CSUO
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--nextPart1438136.OVvikdJTGq--

--===============0653330642==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
kde-multimedia mailing list
kde-multimedia@kde.org
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-multimedia

--===============0653330642==--