Video backend selection

[Jesper K. Pedersen]

On 1/6/22 01:41, Johannes Zarl-Zierl wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 5. Jänner 2022, 22:53:29 CET schrieb Andreas Schleth:
>> So, may I partially revise my opinion? A simple integrated player has
>> its merits. Which backend you choose does not really matter as long as
>> it plays. The choice should be done automagically with the option to
>> play with it in the settings, in case something goes wrong.
> I'm glad it's not just me expecting things to Just Work without being hit in
> the face with a dialog first ;-)
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> So, my take-away message so far is:
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> Less forced input from the user is better.
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> Based on the overall theme in this discussion of "what's wrong with phonon?",
> I'm tempted to change the video player priority to "phonon > vlc > QtAV".
>
> I'll add an information dialog when the backend is changed due to a crash.
Sounds good to me
>
>> off topic: is there nobody else listening in?
>>
>> It looks as if the switch of the mailing list has lost us quite a few
>> subscribers. (Happy, if I am wrong)
> Sadly, yes. We went from over 70 to a little over 20 subscribers. Most of the
> people who have semi-recently participated in discussions have migrated,
> though.
>
> Cheers,
>    Johannes
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