For rokymotion

[Orville Bennett]

Hey guys,
This mail is really for rokymotion so I hope Lydia can forward it and  
CC me.
For the OS X release it looks as though we'll be using the phonon_qt7  
backend, which is basically playing audio using quicktime.
IF we do, there are a few problems with this approach. The primary one  
being: quicktime, does not by default play non-proprietary formats.  
There are two decoder plugins which do allow playback of virtually all  
audio formats: flip4mac (wma/wmv) and xiphQT (ogg,theora maybe flac).  
On the video side there is Perian.
We can either do what I plan on doing, which is put a link to these  
decoders at the end of the installation, or we could get in contact  
with these projects and ask for permission/offer to bundle the plugins  
with Amarok. I think this would also be good way to get exposure  
within the mac developer community.

Next order of business: Exposure.
If we want to reach beyond our taret audience I think we should target  
beyond Digg and /. :-) Personally I think it would be worthwhile to  
contact some mac news sites (and no ARS doesn't count), give them a  
screenshot tour, and invite them to give Amarok a try. I was going to  
start writing something up but I thought it would be best to put this  
up for a vote. I think I brought this up before but I also humbly  
petition for permission to bug mac bloggers as well.

The two point oh release, come hell or high water is guaranteed to be  
picked up by digg, osnews, /., the ., and twitter :-) I think it makes  
sense to put a concerted effort in to the bigger sites: wired, cnet,  
macworld, that paul thurrot (windows dude), neowin.net. What say you  
folks? Let's go big or go home. :-)