[Mageia-dev] Problem with Totem packages?

Wed Nov 21 15:50:31 CET 2012

2012/11/21 Olav Vitters <olav at vitters.nl>:
+> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:32:32PM +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
+>> Le mercredi 21 novembre 2012 13:29:26, Olav Vitters a écrit :
+>> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 02:11:40AM +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
+>> > > If we want a full usable distro out the box, VLC must be the default
+>> > > choice for all videos and then Totem could be removed.
+>> >
+>> > Which desktop are you using? VLC is IMO terrible, but I don't see why
+>> > application defaults should be the same across desktops. Totem under
+>> > anything other than GNOME: who cares? Maybe for XFCE VLC is a better fit
+>> > or something.
+>>
+>> VLC works with any destop and any OS.
+>> Most of people coming from Windows already use VLC.
+>> LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird and VLC are the most universal applications.
+>> They allow easy migrations from Microsoft.
+>> However, I prefer Konqueror and kmail in a KDE environment.
+>
+> You really like VLC :)
+>
+> If there is no KDE mediaplayer, then maybe file a bug. Totem in KDE is
+> not the best match.
+
+Neither is dragon player nor is totem a good thing in Gnome.
+
+Both application suffer from the same cause: as soon as we enter the
+video section we also become victims of the free/non-free/tainted
+issue. Result: totem as well as dragon player as provided by the free
+DVD are not able to play any kind of video, unless you install certain
+plugins. Now the direct issue is, how both applications deal with
+this. None of both is able to list all necessary plugins to play the
+wanted video - it's always the dance "a plugin is missing!" - "Which
+plugin?" then a forum helper tells you about one plugin, you install
+it, restart totem and - Bang! - it kills you with another "A plugin is
+missing!". Do that 3 times and maybe it works for this one video,
+coming back with the next video format. Same with dragon player.
+
+It's an upstream issue all right, but why is it not possible to
+include a function which lists ALL needed plugins, so you can install
+all of them? Or even better, a meta-package for those who want it all,
+which installs all available plugins for video play? I understand the
+reasons why they can not be installed automatically, but it would be a
+great step forward if all needed plugins can be installed in ONE step.
+
+Apart from that and not judging by look&feel, vlc really is the best
+when it comes to playing media.
+
+-- 
+wobo
+