[Mageia-dev] Alpha2 iso content

Wed Mar 9 02:03:02 CET 2011

Op woensdag 09 maart 2011 01:22:49 schreef Michael Scherer:
+> Le mercredi 09 mars 2011 à 00:52 +0100, Tux99 a écrit :
+> > Quote: Michael Scherer wrote on Tue, 08 March 2011 22:28
+> > 
+> > > totem use gstreamer.
+> > 
+> > Oh really? since when?
+> 
+> That's easy, just use a search engine or take a peek at the file "NEWS"
+> in totem package :
+> So gstreamer inclusion since version 0.97 :
+> ==============================
+> 0.97.0:
+> * Experimental GStreamer backend (pass --enable-gstreamer to configure)
+> ==============================
+> 
+> I do not know when was released 0.97.0, but 0.99 date back to 2004
+> ( again by using rpm -q --changelog )
+> 
+> Xine backend was dropped for 2.27 :
+> 
+> =============================
+> 2.27.1 (since 2.26.2):
+> 
+> Major changes:
+> * Port GStreamer backend to playbin2
+> * Remove xine-lib backend
+> =============================
+> So since 04/2009, according to gnome web site.
+> 
+> > I remember to have used it with xine backend.
+> > 
+> > Well, like I said I use xine-ui (primarily for DVDs), totem would have
+> > been my second choice but probably not anymore with gstreamer.
+> 
+> Given the fact that the change was 2 years ago and that you didn't
+> notice, I guess that totem is good enough to be used.
+
+it means that 2009.1 still had totem with xine-lib support. which is not 
+_that_ long ago.
+