The Totem plugin is now working in Songbird as the default (and for now only) playback engine for Linux (both i386 and x86_64). The plugin was compiled by Steve on Ubuntu, so if that is your platform everything will likely “just work”. On other platforms you may need to install a couple things. I’m on FC5 and had to do a little work.
I had to install the libtasn1 package and then create a link like so:
yum install libtasn1
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libtasn1.so.3 libtasn1.so.2
Also, to get mp3 playback I needed to install the gstreamer-plugins-ugly package to get libmad for decoding of mp3 files. Those were the only 2 steps I needed to do. But if you don’t have gstreamer at all then you’ll need to install that package first.
There are still a few bugs to work out in the playback support. Right now pausing actually causing the player to skip to the next track and I’m seeing some weird behavior where it won’t advance to the next track, as if the playerLoop isn’t starting, or getting stopped.
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SubscribeI’ll also add that Video Playback works under linux now =D and the soundquality is much much better. Also alot more different filetypes can be sucessfully played ^-^
Rawkin’
I’m happy to see that it’s coming together. However, is it a totem plugin or a gstreamer plugin that you have made?
Totem use gstreamer for playback and doesn’t decode anything by itself… so I guess that you found a way to use gstreamer?
I would like to know cause it’s easy to install gstreamer, only a few packages. But totem, it needs Gnome to work, and that is a major dependency, especially for those using KDE or those using simplier window manager.
Thanks, bye bye
good point, yes, it’s a totem plugin which uses gstreamer.
tho, if i remember correctly, totem can be built to use gtk (removing the dependencies on gnome). but last time i tried building totem for gtk… gtk support was broken. so if gtk support has been fixed then building totem for gtk would solve this issue.
Its really nice to hear frequent news on the Status of youre Linux Builds!!!
I am really looking forward to a nice Media-Player on Linux. Nothing Ive tried till today suits my eyes, and my opinion on how to build a nice, sleek user interface.
Really, Guys. Keep up the good work!
So. On, to the Topic now, little foolish blabbermouth. Yeah, the mp3 playback works. (for the 30 seconds the Prog holds up
(EDIT: Ehem… Forgot to mention, that Im using latest Ubuntu… Were so divided people in Linux-Land… Let us all sit down and make peace, guys)
What are the minimum requirements:
Gnome 2.10
GStreamer 0.8.8 (with GStreamer-plugins 0.8.7) or GStreamer 0.10 or xine-lib 1.0
Gromit 20041213 for the Telestrator mode
libdvdcss for DVD playback (Fedora Core, Ubuntu)
So, it’s a HUGE requirement for a media player, don’t you think?
We’re going to take a stab at using gstreamer without totem. Stay tuned.
Hey redfive,
I’m very happy to see that Totem can be used that way. Drop me a mail and we can figure out how to make Totem better suited for your work.
Cheers
Glad to see progress Redfive! Keep it coming.
I’ll wait for the sans-Totem version myself since I run XFCE4 and don’t want to emerge all that Gnome stuff. I also run xine instead of gstreamer but that’s not as big a deal.
DarkMageZ: tho, if i remember correctly, totem can be built to use gtk
Hmm, I don’t see any gtk USE flags for it in portage.
tylerstyle: I am really looking forward to a nice Media-Player on Linux. Nothing Ive tried till today suits my eyes, and my opinion on how to build a nice, sleek user interface.
I’m running amaroK and I love it. It has hooks into Wikipedia and Last.FM. It even gets lyrics for most songs from somewhere. Its dynamic playlist generation is top-notch and its interface is clean.
By the way I run Gentoo on an amd64.