Re: [Totem] Browser plugin gstreamer

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 14:17 +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Mark Trompell <mark foresightlinux org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 09:39 +0200, Mark Trompell wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I didn't have a deep look into the code yet, I just wonder how much a
> >>> browser plugin needs to depend on totem.
> >>> Would it make sense to have a more generic gstreamer browser plugin,
> >>> so there is no need for all gstreamer applications to write their own?
> >>
> >> Which GStreamer applications would need to write their own browser
> >> plugin? I'm counting none, which would make the point moot.
> >
> > That's the point, totem comes with a browser plugin to play embedded
> > videofiles and stuff,
> > but it pulls in a lot of totem. My point is why not have an
> > application independent plugin.
> 
> I developed an example plugin that uses GStreamer directly. I don't
> think most of the stuff in totem is really required in a plugin, but
> on the other side my plugin is not that complete either.
> 
> Would it make sense to provide this code?

Feel free. And when you've implemented versions to support all 4 most
popular plugins, added playlist support, fullscreen, etc, let me know
how much smaller your plugin is ;)