Re: GStreamer TODO list for GNOME 2.6

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

Hey Christian,

On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 15:50, Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller wrote:
> Hi,
> I sat down and made the following list at work today. I think it
> summarises what needs to happen before 0.8 (and some post 0.8 task) in
> regards to improving GStreamer's GNOME integration
> 
> This list is both meant as a helpful reminder for the current GNOME/Gst
> hackers, but also as a chance for new people to step up to the plate and
> help out. Personally I will be working hard on the doc items listed.
<snip>

> acme (control-center)
> Port ACME volume control to use GStreamer mixer interface

Please. Just send in the patches to myself, or bugzilla, and I'll commit
those happily.

<snip>
> Totem
> A bit unsure what we should do here. I think experience has told us that
> unless Bastien actually cares about wether the GStreamer backend is
> working it is futile to try and maintain it. Think our best hope is to
> get gst-player working so well that it can give Bastien confidence that
> the GStreamer backend can deliver what he wants.

The main problem isn't the "delivery". I have never broken the GStreamer
backend on purpose, but the truth is that gst 0.6 was just very bad for
video playback (and that includes not crashing when you don't know how
to play a file, and decent error messages), and that the GstVideoWidget
wasn't updated for 0.7 yet.

Cheers

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