Re: What use is gstreamer?
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On 03/08/08 08:28, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Indeed - and gxine is a frontend to xine. As I said, xine-based
> players have no trouble with the WRFG stream, it's Rhythmbox, a
> gstreamer-based player, which can't play it.
Oh, I thought you only meant that totem/xine played DVDs like you
wanted them to. BTW, I just noticed that I don't even have
rhythmbox installed. (Aqualung for music, and vlc/mplayer for video.)
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended
by the kni-ife."
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