On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 00:11 -0500, James M. Cape wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 02:06 +0200, Samuel Abels wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 05.08.2005, 04:17 +0200 schrieb edoardo: > > > recently i made a nautilus script that allows you to convert audio files > > > by right-clickin' on'em from nautilus. > > > > > > i was wonderin' if you guys might have wanted to include it in the next > > > official gnome release. > > > > Though the script is probably useful for many people I believe that in > > GNOME we have a general consensus that technical details should not be > > exposed to the user, whenever possible. That also includes file formats > > such as OGG, FLAC or mp3. If a requirement to convert a format does come > > up (e.g. through hardware player constraints) the applications that > > interface with this hardware should be fixed to automatically convert > > the format accordingly, so that the user is not confronted with the > > format at all. > > Thus, I believe your script is a great enhancement, but it should not be > > included in the GNOME default release for the above reasons. > > > > -Samuel > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-devel-list mailing list > > desktop-devel-list gnome org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > I think a nautilus extension that gives a "Convert To" context menu item > to an image or audio file(s) would be pretty cool, myself. This script > doesn't do that (by virtue of it being a script), but that doesn't mean > format conversion w/i Nautilus is a bad idea. Actually, on further thought, having the conversion also accessible by simply renaming the files would be really slick. Imagine this excha.nge: "I can't play mp3s, [insert rant about patents here]. Do you have oggs?" "Sure, gimme a minute." (renames files to .ogg, clicks "Convert" on warning dialog) ...(a minute later)... "Here ya go..." -- Peace, James Cape http://blog.ignore-your.tv/ http://ignore-your.tv/ Q: How many Marxists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: None: The light bulb contains the seeds of its own revolution.
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