Re: [hxplay] Re: Helix Player virtual team meeting

[Matthew Berg <galt gothpoodle com>]

On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 14:36, Ryan Gammon wrote:

> Here's my thinking: Let's say I am a random developer, new to gtk, 
> gnome, and unix in general, but handy with a C compiler.
> 
> I have written a cool application, and I want to add a short help 
> presentation to it using something like SMIL [1], because I think it 
> will make my app easier to use. I need a video widget.
> 
> My first instinct is going to be to check out gtk.org for anything 
> video-related in the gtk documentation.
> 
> Two things can happen at this point:
> 
> 1. Gtk has a documentation page with a gtk-prefixed interface for a 
> basic video widget, and a list of links to engines that implement that 
> interface, and maybe a "which engine is right for me" document.
> 
> 2. The potential developer finds nothing on gtk.org, and is faced with 
> going off into the wilds of the internet in search of helix and bacon. 
> He has to find these projects, deduce that they can be used to play 
> video, and determine that they both integrate well with gtk.

3. Gtk has a documentation page which points to a NON-gtk-prefixed
interface for a basic video widget.

4. The potential developer looks under "Projects" and finds the existing
entries  gdk-pixbuf loaders for flash (swfdec), or mpeg/avi (GStreamer).

5. The potential developer follows the links to the GNOME project and
finds GStreamer as an existing part of the desktop platform.

Let's not create a false dichotomy here.  There's no reason why
something outside the gtk_ namespace can't be linked to off the gtk.org
page.

-- 
Matthew Berg <galt gothpoodle com>