Re: [Banshee-List] mplayer backend for Banshee video playback

[Samuel Gyger <samuel gyger at>]

We use ffmpeg as library, which is as far as I know also the backend
for mplayer.

Samuel
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:05, Toki Tahmid <oxwivi gmail com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just subscribed to the Banshee mailing list today mostly to suggest using
> mplayer for video playback as the subject suggests. First, I'll clarify what
> I am and am not aware of:
>
> Banshee's function is modular
> presumably video support is being coded ground-up
> not aware of any possible problems using mplayer as video playback backend -
> being a leecher of free software, I'm not much of a programmer
> don't know if this has been discussed before
>
> I love the idea of modularity - I simply hate having things that I don't use
> hogging resources and memories, one of the foremost reason I love Linux as
> well. And because Banshee is modular I want to suggest that video playback
> module use mplayer as a backend. As I mentioned earlier, I'm presuming that,
> video support is being written ground up for Banshee, so instead of
> reinventing the wheel, can't we just use the proven work of mplayer? I use
> mplayer, and it does it's stuff simply great. Coupled with Banshee, I
> wouldn't have any qualms of using this frontend. mplayer is also
> cross-platform to boot!
>
> Again, I would like to reiterate, that I'm ignorant of any possible issues
> on the way of it's use in Banshee, so I'd kindly ask you to explain it to
> me.
>
> Hopefully,
> TT
>
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