What Sound System for KDE 4

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Sunday 15 August 2004 22:28, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> On Sunday 15 August 2004 20:18, Matthias Kretz wrote:
> > On Saturday 14 August 2004 12:18, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> > > On the contrary I expect it to be quite simple, it I also expect I am
> > > one of those who will have to make it happen.
> >
> > I'd like to help where I can...
> >
> > > The interface will need a few basic features and the rest will have to
> > > be configured by KCM-modules provided by the backends themselves.
> >
> > Yes, but what about MediaPlayer features like inserting effects or doing
> > audio visualizations?
> > Either the backends would implement a function for showing a dialog to
> > configure those things or the interface would have to include more
> > complex functions like
> > * insert effect
> > * getFFT
> > * getPCM
>
> I think that would result in overengineering. Applications that wants
> advanced features like that, would have to detect the backends
> specifically. This is for simple open file, play it type of applications. I
> would expect Amarok or JuK to use the backends directly (or refuse to start
> if an incompatible backend is used).
>
> `Allan

Yes, I very much agree.
Basic desktop apps (kdelibs + kdebase) usually don't need fancy effects and 
equalizers and stuff.
Advanced multimedia apps need it, and I'm not sure KDE should try to invent 
yet another multimedia framework, there are already enough of them.

Bye
Alex
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