https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486342
--- Comment #10 from Sebastian <sebastian.ku...@mailbox.org> --- (In reply to Tuomas Nurmi from comment #9) > Yes, fine questions. Some answers: > As phonon-gstreamer backend is unmaintainend (related discussion at > https://invent.kde.org/libraries/phonon-gstreamer/-/issues/1 ) and thus > unsupported, it has lately been removed from various distribution > repositories. For openSUSE, the packages are still available at various > experimental repositories ( > https://software.opensuse.org/package/phonon4qt5-backend-gstreamer ) > However, due to fact that it is unsupported, even its most obvious and > fixable bugs will not get fixed (e.g. > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475880 ) > > If multiple backends are installed, Phonon backend can be changed using > phononsettings application (available from separate phononsettings package, > at least on openSUSE). The packagers have set phonon-vlc-qt5 as dependency > probably as it is the only supported backend at the moment (okay, there's > apparently also phonon4qt5-backend-mpv but I have no experience with that > one, and it being a fork of phonon-vlc, its features are likely subset of > those of phonon-vlcs), and some backend is needed. > > When talking about "phonon-vlc team", one should be aware that although > there are some people keeping the lights on with phonon-vlc, the actual > development work on it (as well as anything phonon-related) has been quite > limited for 5 years or so, as observable from e.g. the code history at > https://invent.kde.org/libraries/phonon-vlc/-/commits/master/?ref_type=HEADS > > Additionally, I believe Amarok is the only software using the more specific > audio functionalities in Phonon nowadays. > (Some Amarok functionality related phonon-vlc bugreports, which are not very > likely to get implemented any time soon mostly due to vlc library > architechture: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323332 and > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320215 ) > > Next steps of Amarok audio playback technology are something that should > receive some thoughts after/during Qt6 porting, I think. (The most obvious > options being someone spending a lot of effort on phonon-vlc, someone taking > up maintaining phonon-gstreamer, or rewriting Amarok audio playback to use > e.g. gstreamer directly) Ok, all is understood. Many thanks for the hint for phononsettings - I tried that (it was installed already under openSUSE); however, it only shows Phonon VLC in the backend section but no gstreamer. That's weird, as gstreamer is installed, too. Anyway, it seems that there is only one chance to solve the issue - the Amarok Qt6 porting. It is pretty pity that there is no immediate solution; Amarok in my eyes is one of the best players... Anything else I can help with? Otherwise, I would propose to close this issue as there is no fast solution available. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
