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Re: What use is gstreamer?



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On 03/07/08 23:10, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> Provocative question, I realize.
> 
> But here's why I ask:
> 
> totem-gstreamer could not handle DVD's with menus, no matter what
> plugins I added, it just played the first track.  So, I switched to
> totem-xine, and it handled them perfectly.
> 
> Rhythmbox (based on gstreamer) could not handle wrfg.org/listen.asp
> (told me it could not determine the nature of the stream).  The totem
> (now -xine) movie player handles it very nicely, although I really
> don't need the rather cool visualization!
> 
> I LIKE Rhythmbox - is there something I'm missing (although I think
> I've installed all the gstreamer plugins there are) to have it play my
> favorite radio station (WRFG)?

Hmmm.  Typing wrfg.org/listen.asp into Iceweasel resolves to
http://streaming.wrfg.org/listen.pls which fires up gxine 0.5.11 and
plays perfectly.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"The kniiife..., the kniiife...  The life of the wife is ended
by the kni-ife."
Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley
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