Joseph Neal a écrit : > On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:09:35 +0200 > "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Xmms-shn was last updated March 28th 2007. I personally have about >>> 40 hours of zappa boots in shn format that would only be playable >>> from mplayer and perhaps vlc if xmms were removed. This is a common >>> media format. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorten >>> >> This has been proposed to Google SoC by Audacious. >> xmms-shn can't be ported because their some licensing issues. >> >> Moreover audacious provies a mplayer backend in >> audacious-plugins-ugly package. > > Mplayer support in shorten is lacking. Specifically you can't seek > within a file. You have to start playback and wait for it to get to > the part you want. If you miss it you have to start back over at the > beginning. Since it's commonly used for live audio recordings that > sometimes are not always broken up into tracks. > > I assume you mean that it can be ported but it can't be included in > debian, the same as is the case with Monkey's Audio, OptimFROG and the > like? I've not tried it yet, but it looks like porting the plugins is > going to be easier than actually making a deb. (I've still not got that > down right).
Yes, I mean you can port it, but it won't ever be available through debian (at least until we use the crap non-free bits, some people are working on a free implemenation) > I'm slightly concerned that packaging all the plugins in large > bundles with many dependencies makes audacious more cumbersome > to use on handhelds and car computers. What about packaging the plugins > individually and using metapackages to pull them in? I would do this first, but many devs told me I should't do that, because it'll lead ton much load for britney (sid->etch transition script). If it's one condition for xmms replacement, just ask it and I'll do. > >>> It's my impression that audicious is not scriptable so it can't be >>> as easily integrated into existing applications or controlled from >>> emacs or irssi. >>> >> man audtool > > Kick ass, thanks. Np, Adam. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
