On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 07:34:06AM +0100, Alexandre Rossi wrote: > > > Yes. Apparently what's special about this is that it can be > > > controlled over the network. Probably not the only one but > > > noticeable enough to be mentioned in a short description. > > > > mpd also supports that (tcp/6600). > > Yep this project is very similar to mpd. As far as I know, it improves > over mpd with the following features : > - play queue
mpd has a play queue. > - video support (this is also an advantage over XMMS2 but I do not > know this project well enough to do a full comparison) Isn't that a client/front-end issue? > - xine or gstreamer backend (i.e. more supported media formats, well > tested media backends) OK. > - more easily extensible protocol because of XML and easier to extend > because of Python Wow, XML. Shiny! It must be better then(?). > It has the following drawbacks compared to mpd : > - uses more memory and perhaps more CPU time (because written in > Python vs optimized C) but it keeps reasonable, you'll see if you give > it a try. DSP in pure Python? Hopefully not. cheers Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
