Hey Brian, * Brian Cameron (Brian.Cameron at Sun.COM) wrote: > > Glenn: > >>>> Would it make sense for us to change the default settings for media? >>>> Perhaps we should disable automatic launching of the media player by >>>> default for media types that we don't support out-of-the-box, like >>>> DVD? >> >> I'm not sure this is the best idea. If we do this, instead of getting >> complaints that Totem launches and won't play we'll instead get >> complaints that nothing launches when users insert whatever media Totem >> can't play (ie DVD's for instance). And then we'll still look bad and >> leave users thinking the cause is hopeless since we don't direct them on >> how they might resolve this issue. > > I agree. We are currently working on integrating codeina into Solaris, > which could be a part of the solution to this problem. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/Codeina
That'll be great. > However, in regards to DVD playback, I am not sure there is a clear > pointer to use. There is no 3rd party offering a licensed player which > can play encrypted DVD movies. Fluendo plans to have one available for > Solaris, hopefully, by the end of the year, so we might have a more > clear pointer to provide in the near future. Yeah, that's a problem I know. > In situations where there is no clear pointer, such as DVD playback, it > might be most reasonable to just do nothing for now. Maybe. I wonder though if we couldn't come up with 'something' to explain the situation to the user why they can't play their media that is both useful and doesn't generate a 'negative experience' (a tall order I know). >> Might I suggest an alternative to 'just do nothing when media is >> inserted that media player can't play'? Why not launch 'something' that >> informs the user that the media type they are trying to launch isn't >> supported and then offer suggestions on what they can do to add support >> for that type (in the case of MP3 let's say, we could point them to the >> fluendo plugin)? 'Something' could be a separate application that is >> the default for all media types 'media player' doesn't support or it >> could be 'media player' which would need to be enhanced to display the >> above information. > > For media types where the user can purchase a plugin from Fluendo, the > codeina application would provide the sort of pointer you suggest, and > also step the user through purchasing and installing the plugin, which > is pretty nice. Yep, I've seen codeina on other platforms and I agree it would be a great step in the right direction imho. Cheers, -- Glenn
