D22050: Port from phonon to qtmultimedia

[Luigi Toscano]

ltoscano added a comment.


  In D22050#485534 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D22050#485534>, @ngraham wrote:
  
  > In D22050#485483 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D22050#485483>, @meven wrote:
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  > > When phonon was conceived, Qt::Multimedia didn't exist : we didn't have the alternative.
  > >  Fixing phonon would be possible but it has been, I believe, little maintained over the years, I wouldn't expect it to be better anytime soon.
  > >  And since now we have a viable alternative maintained by Qt, I'd say let's save manpower and sunset phonon usage.
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  > +1, in general I think it makes more sense to use upstream components wherever possible rather than rolling our own and being on the hook for ongoing maintenance.
  
  
  As I already wrote, I totally agree and support with this, in general. I simply heard not so nice stories about the status of QtMultimedia itself, and this may be a scenario of choosing between the fire and the frying pan. If it's not the case, the better, but it could be useful to hear from people who QtMultimedia status upstream.

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