VideoPlayback

Status

• Created: Date(2005-04-23T10:35:15Z) by MattZimmermanBR

• Priority: HighPriorityBR

• People: SebastienBacherLead, DanielStoneSecondBR

• Contributors: MattZimmermanBR

• Interested: MatthewPaulThomasBR

• Status: BrainDump, BreezyGoal, UduBof, DistroSpecificationBR

• Branch: BR

• Malone Bug: BR

• Packages: BR

• Depends: BR

• UduSessions: 1, 4, 8, etc BR

Introduction

Video playback in Ubuntu is currently somewhat clunky. We should provide the best available video playback experience by default. In order to make the right decisions, we need to survey the available solutions, evaluate them against our requirements and use cases, and decide on a strategy for BreezyBadger.

This topic is NOT related to support for particular codecs, but to the general infrastructure needed to support all kinds of video playback.

Rationale

Scope and Use Cases

• Good A/V sync is essential
• Must integrate cleanly with the desktop
  • User interface
  • Audio device sharing

Implementation Plan

Data Preservation and Migration

Packages Affected

User Interface Requirements

Outstanding Issues

UDU BOF Agenda

• gstreamer vs. xine vs. ???

UDU Pre-Work