Considering Totem instead Gxine

[Vincent]

On 14/09/2007, Ghostvirus <theghostvirus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/14/07, Jani Monoses <jani at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been thinking lately of switching over to Totem for the following
> > reasons besides the generic ones that were mentioned in the GNOME apps
> > thread.
> >
> > - it is friendlier than gxine
> > - we get another package co-maintained with Ubuntu lessening our bug
> > triage
> > - its dependencies are in already (although that was not a maneuver to
> > get here!)
> > - according to the threads here and the forum poll, gxine seems to be
> > one of the top apps that are being switched out from a default install.
> > The alternative is usually vlc or mplayer but we cannot include those
> > - has a nicer firefox plugin
> >
> > Totem can use either gstreamer or libxine as a backend, here are the
> > pros and cons I know
> >
> > totem-gstreamer
> >   - gstreamer is the one used in Ubuntu so the maintenance argument
> > applies
> >   - gstreamer has integrated the codec wizard that downloads missing
> > codecs when a certain media being played needs them
> > - pidgin in xubuntu already depends on libgstreamer
> >
> > totem-xine
> > - we keep the same functionality as with gxine only with a nicer GUI
> > - has better DVD support than gstreamer
> >
> >
> > well thought out and constructive comments welcome, regardless of their
> > being for or against this change :)
> >
> > thanks
> > Jani
> >
> >
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>
> I'm sorry, but trading one useless app for another useless one sounds
> pointless to me. How many people honestly use Totem for their regular video
> watching? I don't know anyone that uses it. Everyone inevitably installs VLC
> and/or MPlayer, especially if they're using Xfce. Obviously those can't be
> included by default, but why switch gxine out for Totem? I fail to see how
> Totem is better to use. It's hardly any more user-friendly than gxine. "It's
> already in Ubuntu" seems to be the only reasoning behind this...


I'd use it if I had thought of it... But I would never use Gxine.

Just my $0.02.
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> Ghostvirus
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Vincent
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