Package: amarok-engines Severity: wishlist Hello!
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 with OpenSuse 10.3, 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. It would be great if (when yauap is packaged, see RFP bug #445366) amarok-engines provided this alternative, preferably as the default alternative if it's technically equivalent to the other backends. [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]
