<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 14/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jani Monoses</b> <<a href="mailto:jani@ubuntu.com">jani@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello,<br><br>I have been thinking lately of switching over to Totem for the following<br>reasons besides the generic ones that were mentioned in the GNOME apps<br>thread.<br><br>- it is friendlier than gxine<br>- we get another package co-maintained with Ubuntu lessening our bug triage
<br>- its dependencies are in already (although that was not a maneuver to<br>get here!)<br>- according to the threads here and the forum poll, gxine seems to be<br>one of the top apps that are being switched out from a default install.
<br>The alternative is usually vlc or mplayer but we cannot include those<br>- has a nicer firefox plugin<br><br>Totem can use either gstreamer or libxine as a backend, here are the<br>pros and cons I know<br><br>totem-gstreamer
<br> - gstreamer is the one used in Ubuntu so the maintenance argument applies<br> - gstreamer has integrated the codec wizard that downloads missing<br>codecs when a certain media being played needs them<br>- pidgin in xubuntu already depends on libgstreamer
<br><br>totem-xine<br>- we keep the same functionality as with gxine only with a nicer GUI<br>- has better DVD support than gstreamer<br><br><br>well thought out and constructive comments welcome, regardless of their<br>being for or against this change :)
</blockquote><div><br>Even if Totem would be found unsuitable, using an alternative for Gxine is a good idea in my opinion, I don't think *anyone* actually uses it...<br><br>Anyway, I think if Gstreamer is already pulled in and also has the codecs installation dialog, it is the preferred choice. But then again, I never play DVD's, so I'm a bit biased and I don't know exactly what's wrong with playing DVD's with Gstreamer.
<br><br>The biggest objection I have against Totem is that it is labelled "Totem Movie Player" while it is actually also the default for music files, so it's actually a "Media Player", but well...<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">thanks<br>Jani<br><br></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vincent