[gst-devel] Re: GtkMediaPlayer widget

[Ryan Gammon]

Ronald Bultje wrote:

>How is this different from a GtkImage with a GdkPixbufAnimation in it?
>Don't redesign things...
>  
>

The gstreamer pixbuf loader is a cool hack, but it's not the simple, 
developer-friendly, media-player focused interface I'm looking for.

I agree whole-heartedly with something Mr. Quintero said yesterday in an 
unrelated thread:

    The GdkPixbufAnimation API is really *not* designed to be used for
    video. It's basically a crude mechanism to cope with abominations such
    as animated GIFs. [1]

    If you want video-in-a-widget, write a GstVideoWidget that you can use
    as a sink for video streams. I don't know the GStreamer API or even the
    right names for the concepts it uses, but you get the idea.

    [1] This is not a "GIFs are evil" issue; it is just that GdkPixbuf is
    designed for static images, and animations are rather an afterthought.

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Ryan Gammon
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Developer for Helix Player
https://player.helixcommunity.org