[Matroska-devel] Re: Xine 2.0 going Gstreamer ??? was : [Fwd: xine 2.0 and gstreamer]

[Michael Roitzsch]

Hi Christian, Hi Matroska-team,

> Interesting approach from one of the lead developers of the Xine  
> project, Michael Roitsch. amaroK, the Linux audio player, was  
> taking this out front in some way, as they can use Xine or  
> Gstreamer as their engines. If both projects merge, they had only  
> one, but maybe more powerful :) ....

Hmm, I am curious how this has spread so far in so little time? :)
It's true that I came up with this on the xine-devel list, but this  
is a very long-term idea. xine always had some loose connections to  
the gstreamer project through commonly used libraries. And while I  
personally expect both projects to move closer together in the  
future, right now there will not be something one would call a  
"merge". Of course things may look different a year or two from now,  
but there are no plans to radically change the media landscape in  
Linux. Just think of this as a long-term target.

Michael