https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486342
--- Comment #11 from Fabio <fabiom...@gmail.com> --- ok, thank you for your effort, I understand the technical difficulty, and I look forward to a solution in the near future, a big hug! Em 23/05/2024 18:58, Sebastian escreveu: > 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.
