On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 12:49:36PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote: > > > > Have you seen Andrea's last mail? We were discussing if we could just > > _rise the priority_ of the video output template. > > Yes. I repeat (hopefully more clearly): I consider the video output > template a very very bad idea. MPlayer has an elaborate system to work > out the ideal video output driver on its own that this template > overrides for no practical gain. I have personally removed a similar > template from the upstream Debian packaging infrastructure and convinced > Christian Marillat to do the same. Unfortunately I have been > unsuccessful at convincing Andrea.
FYI, a friend of mine got autodetected an accelerated driver that his system doesn't support, and gmplayer doesn't work for him. I have yet to receive the details from him to file a proper bug, but this exposes quite well the reasons for having this choice. (too bad gmplayer isn't affected by debconf setup, though) -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
