Which applications does the Plasma team recommend to use with Plasma?

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On 04.07.2016 14:54, Luca Beltrame wrote:
> In data lunedì 4 luglio 2016 14:43:07 CEST, Thomas Pfeiffer ha scritto:
>
>> Music player: Cantata
> Its reliance on MPD makes it problematic for certain distributions, because
> you can't rip out the bad bits from MPD, IIRC (while you can from VLC and
> ffmpeg).
>
> By bad, I mean patent-encumbered.
Fair enough, but those distributions can either
a) Look for a server which is compatible with the MPD protocol but
does not contain patent-encumbered technology
b) Just skip Cantata and ship only VLC.
> This may be off-topic, so apologies in advance.
>
It's not off-topic. This is a relevant bit of information which prepares
us for distros bringing that up. Thank you!