Re: Audio/Video file preview using gstreamer

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 12:34 +0200, Erik Andr�wrote:

> But is a metadata window really necessary for this kind of a feature? 
> My idea is just that if you move your mouse over a video it starts to
> play at the exact location as the thumbnail, with the same
> resolution. 
> When the mouse leaves, the original thumbnail restores itself.
> Additionally, with the help of gstreamer, both audio and video
> playback could share much of the same codebase.

Its certainly *possible* to do it inline. I don't think its a
particularly good idea though. You limit the size of the preview, you
constantly cover the preview with the mousepointer, and its fiddly to
get the preview started.