Feature changed by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (RGBsuse) Feature #309259, revision 4 Title: Include VLC Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Considering the fact that VLC phonon back-end is finally taking shape (http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1171-Rapid-Progress-in-KDE-Multimedia.ht...) , I think is important to consider the inclusion of VLC client on openSUSE, even if "diminished" in the same way in which xine is actually shipped. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: VLC is one of the best multimedia players for Linux and there will be a back-end for phonon that use it. The addition of VLC will give the user more choice and a better multimedia experience. Discussion: #1: John Shand (jshand2008) (2010-04-04 23:07:24) this will be a great idea! #2: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-04-10 12:07:45) Doesn't vlc have the same uncertainity status as most of the other multimedia packages? + #3: Ricardo Gabriel Berlasso (rgbsuse) (2010-04-10 14:05:27) (reply to + #2) + Not most: all others . Full Xine code is in the same train as mplayer, + VLC... but openSUSE ships a cut down version with packman repo ready to + deliver the full version. I think the same can be done with VLC. The + main advantage of including VLC (even if "diminished") is the + possibility to have the VLC phonon backend in the main repos: this will + easy everything for kde users, even if they do not use the "full" VLC + version: VLC actually sound better than xine (in fact, with xine it is + difficult to reproduce flac files, which are an open standard, but VLC + reproduce them without problems). + VLC came also with network abilities. + VLC came also with "devices" (webcam, etc) support... + everything "out of the box". -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309259