[haiku-development] Re: GSOC Task Cdplayer mediaplayer intergration, add libdvd, libaacs,libblueray

  • From: Bryce Groff <brycegroff@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:58:03 -1000

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Sean Collins <smc.collins@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Question, If there is a GSOC task for improving media player, would it not
> make sense to make media player the equivalent of the media player that is
> available on competing platforms. The idea would be to add the missing
> functionality that would remove the need for external software like VLC,
> thus making native software more capable and reducing the need for external
> ports.Also this harks back to the more  "media os" nature of the "beos"
> even if it may have been marketing hyperbole to some degree.


If anyone is interested, I mocked up a iTunes like interface once:
https://gitorious.org/cherry-blossom, the code does not do anything at the
moment, but does provide a starting place for that type of interface.

Bryce

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