Phonon

[Jaroslav Reznik]

On Wednesday 21 July 2010 15:12:14 Martin Sandsmark wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 July 2010 14:26:00 Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
> > But not all backends are available/well maintained on all platforms (for
> > example Fedora cares more about GStreamer, other distros could have
> > another favourite). But I understand why you aim on one really usable
> > backend.
> 
> This is why we are working with VLC to iron out licensing issues and other
> issues (like being able to strip out patent-encumbered code) that may
>  hinder phonon-vlc adoption. :-)
> 

Yes, that's great - it's a problem for us in Fedora. 

But that still doesn't solve problem that on some systems GStreamer (people 
like it or not (hate is the right word)...) is better maintained or even the 
only one solution available. So I'm in favor to support at least VLC and 
GStreamer on the same level.  

/me is fan of VLC backend though ;-)

R.