MPlayer Developers Interviewed 220
cruocitae writes "Three of the MPlayer developers just gave an interview, talking about the "mysterious" versioning system of their software and shared a few secrets about the upcoming releases, for example some words about the long-awaited Windows GUI, and of course, DVD menus. Project integrity also was a subject.."
"misterious"? (Score:2, Insightful)
Guys, If you want to be taken seriously, take the time to correct stupid mistakes such as this.
*Rubs eyes in disbelief*
When will it stop segfaulting? (Score:3, Insightful)
DVD Menus & XMBC (Score:4, Insightful)
I love MPlayer but... (Score:3, Insightful)
"Don't get me wrong. There is documentation. It is scattered, and often incomplete, and carries the same attitude I had seen elsewhere, but it is there. An example of that attitude, taken verbatim from the FAQ:
Q: I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when I try to start it, it says: error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
I checked the file and it is there in
A: What are you doing on Linux? Can't you install a library? Why do we get these questions? It's not MPlayer specific at all! Add
Perhaps instead of taking the time to flame the person asking the question, the smart aleck could have simply answered the question graciously, then spent the time saved by skipping the flames fixing bugs in the installation script."
Xine can be used as a library (Score:5, Insightful)
Xine [xinehq.de] and its corresponding library Xine-lib [xinehq.de], on the other hand, can be used as libraries inside other frontend applications such as Kaffeine [sourceforge.net] and AmaroK [kde.org]. This allows the frontend apps to focus on what they do best: GUI, usability and eyecandy, while the multimedia-intensive parts can be neatly accessed through an API.
Re:I love MPlayer but... (Score:1, Insightful)