Idea #3832: Totem-xine instead of Totem-gstreamer

Written by vinutux the 8 Mar 08 at 04:35. Category: Multimedia.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

Description

It is nice idead to install totem-xine instead of totem-gstreamer default. It may be resolve most of the problems related to watch DVDs to newbies. If it is not possible with legal reasons install totem-gstreamer default and when some one put a dvd ask for installing additional pluging it is installed totem-xine and xine lib. To install appropriate codecs with totem-gstreamer is difficult such as add new repos from debian and install extra codecs from there.

Xine make better DVD experience compared to other players (menus..etc). Most of the ubuntu users use external programs like vlc ,mplayer or xine-ui instead of default totem for watching dvds.

The idead is
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1. install totem-gstreamer as usual

2. When put a dvd in drive ask for installing additional plugins

3. If hit yes automatically remove totem-gstreamer and install totem-xin with dependencies.

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Mr. Kanister wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 17:46

I think they should not install totem-gstreamer by default but ask the first time a media file is played which one the user wants to have. Maybe with the hint that xine is the better choice when it comes to DVDs.

There is also the package "ubuntu-resticted-extras" that would have to be modified. For example in the way that it installs also the xine libraries and the users is only asked for the totem-plugin.

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