Re: Audio/Video file preview using gstreamer

[Erik Andrén <erik andren gmail com>]

Christian Neumair wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 23.09.2007, 12:34 +0200 schrieb Erik Andr�
> > Christian Neumair wrote:
> > > Am Samstag, den 22.09.2007, 16:08 +0200 schrieb Erik Andr�
> > > > Are there any plans to convert this to using the gstreamer
> > interface 
> > > > instead and possibly even add live video previews?
> > > A long-standing GStreamer bug [1] that may lead to lockups prevents
> > us
> > > from using GStreamer for media preview.
> > >
> > > [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333112
> > Ok, but are there any gstreamer patches against nautilus available, 
> > waiting for this issue to be resolved?
>
> Yes, the bug report under [1] blocks resolution of another one [2],
> which contains some patches. IIRC the last one I posted works but it
> could be more pretty. The plan was to refurbish it once the blocking
> GStreamer issue has been fixed.
>
> Why are you interested in it, by the way? We have nothing usable and
> stable yet, so it won't really help you.

I'm interested in playing with it and investigate the possibilites of a 
implementing a video preview-feature.

> A better short-term workaround would be to replace the invocation of
> preview programs (i.e. audio players) by
>
>   gst-launch playbin uri="<fileuri>"
>
> [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111511