[Swfdec] [Bug 20535] add new audio backend for sndio

[Jacob Meuser]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 07:34:13AM -0700, bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org wrote:
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20535
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> Benjamin Otte <otte at gnome.org> changed:
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>            What    |Removed                     |Added
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>              Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED
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> --- Comment #2 from Benjamin Otte <otte at gnome.org>  2009-03-09 07:34:12 PST ---
> From reading the code (as I cannot test it), the patch looks fine.

it's heavily based on the ALSA backend.

> I don't want to add this to the Swfdec 0.8 branch, as patches there should be
> as small as possible and not include new features (I've been getting questions
> from distros about every patch). So I suggest you keep it as a custom patch in
> the OpenBSD ports system.

hmm, ok.

> I'm however not really sure how I want to handle audio backends in Swfdec after
> the experiences I've had with OSS and Pulse. For everyone reading this, the
> short version of the problem is:
> a) There are no core Swfdec developers using the specific backend, so it is not
> exposed to the same amount of testing.
> b) People download Swfdec and compile it with their preferred audio backend.
> When using it, it crashes, so they conclude Swfdec sucks and don't bother
> again.
> 
> I don't want to lose users (or even distros, as those users in b) have been
> distro packagers) just because they don't know that the audio backends have
> different levels of support and assume the experience with their chosen audio
> backend is an indication of overall Swfdec quality.
> 
> On the other hand it's a good idea to support as many audio backends as
> possible.
> 
> 
> So I'm torn between adding audio backends and suggesting that distros maintain
> their own backend.

well, currently there is no support for ALSA or pulseaudio in OpenBSD,
which means there is no support for audi playback with current swfdec.
OpenBSD ports is still using swfdec 0.6.x because it has OSS support.

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