[KDE] Which Phonon? Phonon backend - GStreamer or Xine?

[Clive Messer]

On Tuesday 29 Sep 2009 16:03:54 Jaroslav Reznik wrote:

> We, KDE SIG, are considering which backend should be default for Phonon in
> Fedora. Seems like it's not easy to agree on final decision @ KDE SIG
>  meetings, we'd like to summarize what's the problem, some backends facts
>  (please correct me, comment, add, etc.) and we'd like to hear comments
>  from outer KDE SIG universe, from you, Fedora developers & users, too.

Just one comment: gapless playback. ;)

I've noticed from my testing of amorok -> phonon-backend-gstreamer -> 
pulseaudio that gapless playback doesn't work seamlessly. Especially 
noticeable with a live album where there is a stutter, click or pop between 
tracks when using the gstreamer backend, and that doesn't happen with the xine 
backend. Not quite sure where to point the finger, amarok or phonon-backend-
gstreamer, just thought I'd mention it.

Regards

Clive
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