In <200908071612.35159.martin.schlander@gmail.com>, Martin Schlander wrote:
It's currently under discussion which Phonon backend to use/install by default in openSUSE 11.2.
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.
I've preferred libxine as my A/V "backend" since I started running Kaffeine, early in the KDE 3.5 days. Occasionally during an reinstall or upgrade I would get GStreamer and it never worked as well for me. I haven't been swayed from xine since I moved to KDE 4.2. It would make my life easier if it were the default. However, this question is about openSUSE as a whole, not my preferences. I think that the default should be the package in the OSS repo that provides the most functionality with zero configuration. If that's GStreamer, good. I know how to configure the system differently. I want to be able to hand out F(L)OSS Live+Install DVDs and have the receivers find using Facebook, YouTube, and GMail awesome even if they can't find me for help.
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