On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 03/07/08 23:10, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > Provocative question, I realize. > > > > But here's why I ask: > > > > totem-gstreamer could not handle DVD's with menus, no matter what > > plugins I added, it just played the first track. So, I switched to > > totem-xine, and it handled them perfectly. > > > > Rhythmbox (based on gstreamer) could not handle wrfg.org/listen.asp > > (told me it could not determine the nature of the stream). The totem > > (now -xine) movie player handles it very nicely, although I really > > don't need the rather cool visualization! > > > > I LIKE Rhythmbox - is there something I'm missing (although I think > > I've installed all the gstreamer plugins there are) to have it play my > > favorite radio station (WRFG)? > > Hmmm. Typing wrfg.org/listen.asp into Iceweasel resolves to > http://streaming.wrfg.org/listen.pls which fires up gxine 0.5.11 and > plays perfectly. Indeed - and gxine is a frontend to xine. As I said, xine-based players have no trouble with the WRFG stream, it's Rhythmbox, a gstreamer-based player, which can't play it. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]