[Feedback] port

[Jeff Mitchell]

Amara Emerson wrote:
>> No, I usually mean exactly what I write! ( though I sometimes phrase
>> it poorly ) :-)
>>
>> Qt 4.4 will _include_ Phonon and include a supported engine on each
>> platform. This will save us the trouble of having to write a brand new
>> DirectX audio backend just for Windows, and as we would rather not
>> spend time doing platform dependent code, this will save us a lot of
>> time and effort and allow us to make Amarok2 even better!
>>     
> Ah... I didn't realise Phonon was going to be part of Qt. That's
> excellent news, I've been looking for so long for a free, easy-to-use
> audio engine for Windows. I was hoping that one day there would be a
> port of libxine for it, but Qt seems to be the solution.
>   
I don't know what engine will ship on Windows though.  Or on Mac or
Linux for that matter.  Probably it'll do output using
(DirectX/CoreAudio/ALSA)...but what about the codecs?  What's doing the
decoding?  Will there be MP3 support?

Don't know the answer right now...

--Jeff