For rokymotion

[Orville Bennett]

On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:52 AM, Lydia Pintscher wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Seb Ruiz <ruiz at kde.org> wrote:
>> I've CC'd amarok-promo in this reply.
>>
>> 2008/11/20 Orville Bennett <illogical1 at gmail.com>:
>>> 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.
>
> Getting in contact with them sounds good to me. We can still fall back
> to the links in the installer if nothing comes out of it.
>
>>> 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.
>>
>> We need to take into account that we have acknowledged that A2 on
>> mac/win are still beta quality, still straggling behind the linux
>> experience. We also know of the incredibly high standards of the mac
>> community with UI design etc. If we are pushing big stories of Amarok
>> 2 on mac/win, we may have significant backlash if the product isn't  
>> up
>> to the same level of quality.
>
> +1
Ah, but here's the beauty of labeling it as a beta. And we'll "get  
away with it too" as looking at it from that perspective gives us a  
promising product, which has some rough edges, but what does work is  
super cool!

>
>
>>> 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. :-)
>
> It definitely makes sense. It is a matter of resources though.
> Whatever we can get let's do it. But let's not specifically promote
> the Mac packages there for the reasons Seb brought up above and those
> you brought up in your other email.
>
> Thanks for bringing it up.
>
>
> Cheers
> Lydia
>
> -- 
> Lydia Pintscher
> Amarok community manager
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