Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee Wish: Must have an Xine Backend Option in Preferences

["Patryk Zawadzki" <patrys pld-linux org>]

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:41 AM, True_Friend <true friend2004 gmail com> wrote:
>
> Nops I switched to Kubuntu, and while I was using OpenSuse I chose Xine as a
> backend engine in Aamarok (10.3). I think the W32Codecs package is not for
> gstreamer which enables xine to play Apple Quicktime or RealVideo. So I
> always preferred Xine. I do not know what is the situation now, is there any
> improvement or not. At that time (about 1 year and half from now) I was a
> beginner so I thought to change the environment instead of bug reporting
> etc. And when I found same bug in OpenSuse 10.3 I confirmed there is some
> problem with gstreamer. So thats the reason I avoided it even in Ubuntu and
> Banshee.

gstreamer-pitfdll is a third-party gstreamer plugin that allows you to
use w32codec.

This thread looks a lot like this:

- Why is this bus red? It has to be green, here's an article on painting buses.
- Why would you ever want it green?
- You see in Malaysia they use green buses and they use less fuel and
are less likely to break down.

Instead of reporting a bug you demanded crucial parts of the
underlying technology be replaced :)

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Patryk Zawadzki