Re: [Totem] Browser plugin gstreamer

["Felipe Contreras" <felipe contreras gmail com>]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> 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 ;)

4 most popular plugins? It's implemented using NPAPI [1], so in theory
should be supported by: Mozilla Application Suite, Mozilla Firefox,
Safari, Opera, Konqueror and some versions of Microsoft Internet
Explorer.

Is playlist support a must-have feature? If so, probably should be
handled by a GStreamer element. Fullscreen support should not be that
difficult, but I leave that to somebody else.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPAPI

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Felipe Contreras