[mythtv-users] Playback with xine?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 16, 2009, at 2:17 PM, jedi wrote:

> 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?

So you can't imagine why not getting samples might possibly be and  
obvious sort of problem in fixing what's wrong?

>    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.

You seem to be arguing my post quoting you.

>> -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?


http://www.answers.com/topic/deletia
and many like it.