From kde-multimedia Sat Mar 29 14:04:47 2008 From: Konrad Materka Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:04:47 +0000 To: kde-multimedia Subject: Re: Konrad Materka, GSOC proposal Message-Id: <47EE4C7F.70108 () gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-multimedia&m=120679953128441 Matthias Kretz napisał(a): > On Friday 28 March 2008, Konrad Materka wrote: >> Ian Monroe napisał(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 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 move >>>> 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 widget. >> >> 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 are > there for using a Qt/KDE-style API to subtitles but not use Phonon? At least one ;) Sylvain "Skarsnik" Colinet on IRC asked me if it would be possible to use it in his karaoke player :) He is using xine directly, but maybe he will be using Phonon in that case :) -- Pozdrawiam: Konrad Materka _______________________________________________ kde-multimedia mailing list kde-multimedia@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-multimedia