<!DOCTYPE html> <html><head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head><body><p>Hey folks,</p><p>think about the present security problems with vlc on every system (all have these like macs, windows or linux-ditros)!<br></p><p>Use xine at this moment<br></p><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">Amit Bidkar <amit.bidkar1@gmail.com> hat am 20. Juli 2019 um 21:03 geschrieben: <br> <br><p><br></p><div class="ox-2f1938fdc6-moz-forward-container">+Yusuf, Joel <br> <br> -------- Forwarded Message --------<table class="ox-2f1938fdc6-moz-email-headers-table mce-item-table" style="border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><th style="padding: 0px;" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Subject:</th><td style="padding: 0px;">Re: VLC should be default media player on Xubuntu</td></tr><tr><th style="padding: 0px;" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date:</th><td style="padding: 0px;">Sun, 21 Jul 2019 00:30:09 +0530</td></tr><tr><th style="padding: 0px;" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From:</th><td style="padding: 0px;">Amit Bidkar <a class="ox-2f1938fdc6-moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:amit.bidkar1@gmail.com"><amit.bidkar1@gmail.com></a><br></td></tr><tr><th style="padding: 0px;" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To:</th><td style="padding: 0px;"><a class="ox-2f1938fdc6-moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <br><p>Hello,</p><p><br></p><p>@Yusuf: If you installed, Why you are forcing all people to install it without solid reasons. I am not multimedia user but Developer and I am getting from Xubuntu what I want apart from some screen tearing tweaks.</p><p>@Pasi: Please do not increase unnecessary dependencies. I installed and *LOVE* Xubuntu because it's lightweight and most *STABLE* distro.</p><p><br></p>Thanks, <br> Amit Bidkar <br><p><br></p><div class="ox-2f1938fdc6-moz-cite-prefix">On 21/07/19 12:14 AM, Yousuf Philips wrote: <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Joel,</div><div><br></div><div>You'll have to give more details of what difficulties you are facing with Parole for the team to better understand the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>I personally install VLC and SMPlayer, as i prefer their customizability, especially as I like having the same experience in multiple different distros that I run and can easily copy their settings from .config. Ubuntu Mate had a poll in 2017 for what should be their default media player, and their users chose VLC, but they have decide in 19.10 to move to Gnome MPV for better desktop integration.</div></div><br><div class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 7:52 PM Joel Carlson < <a href="mailto:fox7799@gmail.com">fox7799@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Hi: Because of difficulties with Parole I install VLC when I install Xubuntu and make VLC the default in Settings - Removable Drives and Media. It probably is a matter of personal choice but I have had better luck with VLC. Joel</span> <br></div><br><div class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 8:20 AM Pasi Lallinaho < <a href="mailto:pasi@shimmerproject.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pasi@shimmerproject.org</a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote><div>Hello Joel, <br> <br> "Parole never works" is not very good argumenting. What in it does not work? <br> <br> VLC uses Qt as its toolkit so including it as the default player would bring in a lot of extra dependencies (literally, another toolkit), so it's out of question. <br> <br> Additionally, Parole works for all of my purposes very well, for example. Again, we would need good argumentation and facts on where Parole fails for a majority of our users to even consider a switch to begin with. That said, I'm happy that you've found an alternative that works for you. <br> <br> Cheers, <br> Pasi <br> <br><div class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail-m_-4659135165668196362gmail-m_2046958327455403380moz-cite-prefix">On 19.7.2019 16.43, Joel Carlson wrote: <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;">Parole never works while VLC does so VLC should be the default IMHO.</span> <br></div><br></blockquote><br><pre class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail-m_-4659135165668196362gmail-m_2046958327455403380moz-signature">-- Pasi Lallinaho (knome) › <a class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail-m_-4659135165668196362gmail-m_2046958327455403380moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://open.knome.fi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://open.knome.fi/</a> Xubuntu Website Lead › <a class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail-m_-4659135165668196362gmail-m_2046958327455403380moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://xubuntu.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://xubuntu.org/</a> Xfce contributor › <a class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail-m_-4659135165668196362gmail-m_2046958327455403380moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://xfce.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://xfce.org/</a> Shimmer Project co-founder › <a class="ox-2f1938fdc6-gmail-m_-4659135165668196362gmail-m_2046958327455403380moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://shimmerproject.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://shimmerproject.org/</a> </pre></div></blockquote></div>-- <br> xubuntu-devel mailing list <br> <a href="mailto:xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel</a> <br></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div></blockquote><p class="default-style"><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">-- <br>xubuntu-devel mailing list <br>xubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com <br>https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel <br></blockquote><p class="default-style"><br> </p></body></html>