transKode

[Sergio Pistone]

That would certainly be better than what happens now (and btw, thanks
for packaging transKode), but the reality is that's the only big distro i've seen
that actually packages transKode, and (correct me if I'm wrong) it's not part
of the official repository...
While it would be great to see distros package transKode, it's not in my hands.
Now... even if it where packaged by every distro, why make part of Amarok
functionality depend on an optional dependency? Unless transKode (o a similar
package) is added as a hard Amarok dependency, most users wouldn't realize
the package and the associated functionality even exist.
My feeling is that Amarok resents for not having a default transcoding script,
and it gets away with it because you can
 download one with a few clicks
(and that's why I bothered with a binary package until now).
What's sure, is that I won't be doing it anymore, because the current situation
where people download the script and see it crash more often than not actually
hurts both transKode and Amarok more than it helps... 
Now, though I would rather see transKode become the transcoding script included
with Amarok, I'm obviously a little biased. And as I said before, I don't even know
if scripts will be handled the same way in the future (for instance, if the current
scripting framework gets replaces with Kross, C++ binary scripts might be out of
the question to begin with). There are other options, however, such as some scripts
in kde-apps that use either ffmpeg or GStreamer for the transcoding. With a bit of work
one of those could be turned into something more usable. If there is
 interest in this I might
be able to help with it too.

Sergio.


----- Mensaje original ----
De: Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie>
Para: amarok at kde.org
Enviado: martes 26 de febrero de 2008, 19:17:30
Asunto: Re: transKode

Sergio 
Pistone 
wrote:
> 
Hi, 
my 
name 
is 
Sergio 
Pistone, 
and 
I'm 
the 
author 
of 
transKode, 
one 
of
> 
the 
scripts 
that 
can 
be 
used 
to 
transcode 
file 
to 
audio 
devices 
(at
> 
least 
in 
the 
1.4.x 
branch, 
I 
don't 
know 
if 
things 
will 
work 
the 
same 
way
> 
for 
the 
2.x 
release).
> 
Anyway, 
the 
reason 
I 
write 
is 
because, 
until 
now, 
I 
had 
been
> 
distributing 
the 
script 
as 
a 
binary 
package 
but 
the 
last 
release 
proved
> 
to 
be 
a 
royal 
pain 
in 
the 
butt... 
I 
don't 
know 
why, 
but 
this 
time 
I
> 
stumbled 
upon 
many 
(too 
many) 
dependencies 
issues 
and 
problems 
trying 
to
> 
build 
a 
package 
that 
could 
actually 
run 
on 
most 
common 
distros

Well 
I'm 
not 
sure 
about 
other 
distros, 
but 
I 
package 
transKode 
for
Mandriva 
and 
it's 
installable 
via 
our 
package 
management 
system...
Perhaps 
encouraging 
distros 
to 
package 
it 
rather 
than 
trying 
to 
create 
a
"universal 
binary" 
would 
be 
a 
better 
idea?

FWIW, 
I 
originally 
packaged 
it 
as 
I 
was 
using 
a 
x86_64 
machine 
and 
the
one 
available 
for 
download 
was 
i586.... 
I 
figured 
it 
was 
easier 
just 
to
package 
it 
up 
;)

Col

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