[mythtv-users] easiest way to go from storage groups internal player to mplayer

[Josh White]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:29 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:

> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 07:15:09PM -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > On 05/17/2010 06:07 PM, Travis Tabbal wrote:
> > >I really wish they would consider leaving external players
> > >available as an option for those that use them though. It seems
> > >odd to take the functionality away with the exception that SGs
> > >don't work with external players.
> >
> > It seems odd?
> >
> > It seems odd that we don't want to write each and every new feature
> > that involves playback once for external players and once for
> > Internal player?
>
> ...which is fine so long as the myth internal player is so good that
> you are tempted to use it as your primary desktop video player. Until
> that day finally comes, it really makes no sense to try and force it
> on everyone.
>
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...which is fine so long as the myth internal player is so good that
you are tempted to use it as your primary desktop video player. Until
that day finally comes, it really makes no sense to try and force it
on everyone.



This sounds a lot like how Steve Jobs "forces" people to use the app store
on thier iPhones/Pads.

/been a satisfied user of the Internal player since .19.
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