[mythtv-users] Playback with xine?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Feb 16 22:17:39 UTC 2009


On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 09:30:23AM -0800, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2009, at 1:17 AM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>
>> Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
>>> Man... Get a clue. Hes asking you to help make it work better. It  
>>> happens to work for him most/all of the time, so he can't even see  
>>> the issues you're having, so OBVIOUSLY he needs some help, and you  
>>> seem to be completely unwilling to do so, but COMPLETELY willing to  
>>> complain and throw a tantrum. Well done.
>>> Also notice, he asked for clips, not entire files.
>>
>> Slightly unfair. Yes he seems unwilling to help, but his complaints  
>> were
>> never about flaws in the internal player; they were about the idea of
>> removing the feature that allows use of other players.
>
> "Nevermind the frills. The internal player has problems just playing
> stuff. It's pretty easy to throw something that will make it puke or
> generate results that will make you want to puke. Being able to use
> a different player in mythvideo is VERY handy.
>
> Lack of bookmarks is a minor nuissance but you can't argue with
> files that don't play right.
>
> [deletia]
>
> Removing the external player feature in mythvideo seems to be a
> dubious benefit and an obvious loss."
>
> -----
>
> Just wanted to remind you that he did complain that the internal player 
> was essentially useless for him before he said submitting files that 
> broke it was out of the question. He also suggested that removing the 
> ability for external players was somehow a conscious sabotage.

    So you can't imagine why me "submitting samples" might possibly be
and obvious sort of problem?

    Of course I am going to criticise the internal player (past or present)
if that condition is why my current use of mythvideo is an end result of that.
It's pretty darn relevant. The external player option is a very suitable
workaround and has served me well. It also led to some very handy hacks.

>
> -Brad
>
> Postscript: I didn't delete anything from that quote, he just isn't  
> using "deletia" correctly and I quoted that part, too.

    Is there an RFC on this?


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