[Desktop12.04-Topic] Video playback?

[Didier Roche]

Le 05/10/2011 06:17, Robert Ancell a écrit On 05/10/11 10:07, Luke 
Yelavich wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 06:41:17AM EST, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
>>> On 4 October 2011 14:49, Sebastien Bacher<seb128 at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
>>>> We probably don't want to switch video players in a lts cycle but not
>>>> sure if we should go with the new version (we staying on 3.0 which still
>>>> uses xv for Oneiric). Clutter-gst might introduce issues (vblank was
>>>> mentioning as a potential issue with compiz during this cycle when we
>>>> discussed it), not sure how much it got tested on i.e armel or how much
>>>> it could be an issue on some video drivers...
>>>>
>>>> Should we go for the new version and deal with issues or stay safe with
>>>> the old version using xv, or look for a different video player to use?
>>> Banshee plays videos too. Banshee git just got DVD support so maybe we
>>> can use one app for music&  videos. Because it's new, DVDs probably
>>> don't work as well in Banshee yet but maybe it'll be fine once it gets
>>> more testing and use.
>> I am of the opinion that we should allow users to play back video separate to their media library, should they choose to do so. This is possible on OS X with Quicktime Player and iTunes. I know if I want to look at a video thats not in my library or from a podcast, its much easier to find the video in Nautilus and open with totem.
>>
>> Luke
>>
> It would be a big saving in CD size and complexity to have one
> audio/video playing application (like Banshee).  As long as it can run
> in a simple mode (much like Shotwell does for browsing photos) is can
> cover both the "managed" and "ad-hoc" use cases.  There's also some
> convergence going on with photos/music/videos that we need to think
> about for the future.
>
I'm not sure picking banshee as the default video player is the right 
direction. There seem to have a lot of pushback from banshee as an audio 
player already. People trying to use video have the same critics that 
when they don't look the audio support: slow to start, confusing 
interface and so on. I would be more in favor in KISS on the video 
player (we can see that in new devices where the media player is always 
very simple and have no complex UI). Even KDE is going this road: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kdemultimedia#Dragon_Player and the latest 
QML version: http://apachelog.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/dragon-player-3/

I am by no mean suggesting that we should switch to another video/audio 
player for LTS (that would be crazy), but maybe something to keep in 
mind for the future if we can't upgrade Totem because of clutter.
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