Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : yauap Version : 0.2.1 Upstream Author : Sascha Sommer * URL : http://www.nongnu.org/yauap/ * License : GNU LGPL Programming Lang: C Description : simple gstreamer based audio player
Yauap is a simple commandline audio player based on the GStreamer multimedia framework. There is also a DBus interface that allows yauap to act as a backend for the Amarok audio player. Yauap is free software. Rationale: Amarok dropped it's gstreamer backend[1] a while ago. Novell announced "out-of-the-box" support for mp3 decoding[2] in Amarok and Banshee, which has previously been lacking because of unlicensed mp3 patents preventing distribution of such software. This brought my attention to the solution, yauap.... With yauap Amarok will be able to use the mp3 decoder plugin for gstreamer which Fluendo has properly received patent licenses for. This way other legally-questionable alternatives available in Debian can be avoided. Anyone packaging this should probably be familiar with Amarok and work closely with its maintainers. [1]: http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/91-Backends,-Phonon,-GStreamer.html [2]: http://news.opensuse.org/?p=325 -- Regards, Andreas Henriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
