On Friday 07 August 2009 19:42:35 Martin Schlander wrote:

It's currently under discussion which Phonon backend to use/install by default in openSUSE 11.2.

Phonon is the audio/video abstraction layer used by e.g. Amarok, KDE system notification sounds, and some other KDE applications to interface with the actual multimedia engines (xine, gstreamer).

In the previous releases phonon-backend-gstreamer was the default primarily because of the Fluendo codecs which provided MP3 support for gstreamer. But since Fluendo codecs will no longer be part of the distro this default is again open for discussion.

Many, many users have probably been switching to phonon-backend-xine for use with the libxine1 package from Packman in openSUSE 11.0 and 11.1.

So what do you think? The KDE team would like to know which backend you'd prefer in 11.2 and if either one is currently causing you major grief or giving you great pleasure.

If you're unsure which Phonon backend you're currently using, see systemsettings -> Sound (KDE 4.1) / Multimedia (KDE >=4.2) -> "Engine" tab.

I use the xine backend and it works great. Therefore, IMHO it is better to go with the xine backend for 11.2. -- Atri -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org