1. Install the RPM Fusion repos - http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'
2. Install phonon-backend-vlc
su -c 'yum install phonon-backend-vlc'
3. Remove the gstreamer backend
su -c 'yum erase phonon-backend-gstreamer'
4. Reboot
Is this hint appropiated to Kubuntu users too ? I mean, switching to "phonon-backend-vlc" from "phonon-backend-gstreamer"... Is it too much asking for a small explanation why (if it is) this change advisable?
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
Fedora doesn't have the equivalent of Kubuntu's restricted package which pulls in various multimedia codecs.
ReplyDeleteHowever, installing the RPM Fusion repo and then the vlc-backend is just a very quick and easy way of enabling better multimedia support in Fedora KDE.
As a Kubuntu user you can also install the vlc-backend, some believe it provides better sound quality than xine/gstreamer and in general is a much better sound engine.
I can't seem to find any up to date references to the phonon-vlc backend that provides a decent explanation of the project but these may be useful,
April 2010
http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/1171-Rapid-Progress-in-KDE-Multimedia.html
December 2010
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODg1NA
http://apachelog.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/phonon-vlc-0-3-rock-solid/
Hi Adam,
ReplyDeleteI have found some updated (6 June 2011) information from http://userbase.kde.org/Phonon ... where it's said :
Backend libraries
Phonon makes use of backend libraries to provide sound.
Phonon-GStreamer: GStreamer is a multimedia library from the GNOME project. Phonon-GStreamer is currently the recommended Kubuntu backend, and under heavy development.
Phonon-VLC: VLC is a very popular cross-platform media player. This is also under active development, and is receiving a lot of work from both VLC and Phonon developers.
Phonon-Xine: Formerly the most popular backend for Phonon; now unmaintained, and deprecated.
... so I think I will stay with 'phonon-backend-gstreamer' for now ... BUT ... thanks to the links you provided I think I have understood WHY 'phonon-backend-vlc' is so INTERESTING ... its MULTIPLATFORM nature. So probably in the mid-term 'phonon-backend-vlc' will be the real KING.
Thank you again.
thanks bro !!
ReplyDeleteit really helped me out
worked for me :)
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