Re: multimedia infrastructure

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

You're a bit late - try http://www.gstreamer.net

On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 21:02, Florin Andrei wrote:
> Are there any plans for a multimedia infrastructure?
> 
> It would be nice if Gnome had a "multimedia player" backend, possibly in
> the form of a library, with an API that could be used by arbitrary Gnome
> applications.
> For example, once Gnome has this backend, Nautilus or any other
> application, including standard Gnome components (file browser, etc.)
> could call the library whenever there's a need to play a multimedia
> file.
> 
> If anyone thinks this is a good idea, such a library already exists:
> 
> http://xinehq.de/
> 
> xine is incorrectly called "a multimedia player". It is, in fact, a
> multimedia library, with several player interfaces built on top of it.
> xine-ui, the "official" xine player, is just one of these interfaces.
> 
> What do you guys think?
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.