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Re: Playing video in browser
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excalamus |
Subject: |
Re: Playing video in browser |
Date: |
Thu, 4 Jun 2020 23:36:48 +0200 (CEST) |
Jun 4, 2020, 15:39 by mail@ambrevar.xyz:
> It's not very obvious what to document it since it applies to all
> WebKitGTK.
>
One idea is to indicate the relationship between packages. For example,
guix package -s gstreamer | less
...
+ Applications can take advantage of advances in codec and filter technology
+ transparently. Developers can add new codecs and filters by writing a simple
+ plugin with a clean, generic interface.
+
+ This package provides the core library and elements. <new>See gst-plugins-*
for additional codecs, filters, and functionality.</new>
Another is to describe an end-user's perspective of the gst-plugins-*. The
description taken from GStreamer focuses on licensing and is
developer-centric. It's unclear as a user that the plugins may solve my
problem. Maybe something like,
guix package -s gst-plugins-ugly | less
...
+ description: GStreamer Ugly Plug-ins <new>for extra codecs, filters, and
functionality</new>. This set contains those plug-ins which
+ the developers consider to have good quality code but that might pose
+ distribution problems in some jurisdictions, e.g. due to patent threats.
> It's part of the "general software knowledge". For instance, if you
> install an archiver like `atool', it's your reponsibility to install the
> backends (unzip, p7zip, etc.) to support the various archive formats.
> Where to document this? I don't know, but it's unclear that Guix is the
> place.
>
I follow you. Some tools, like `atool`, make that responsibility clear in
their documentation. Unfortunately, GStreamer is not as clear. That's an
upstream issue.
Guix could help users by providing a recipe or a ready-to-use package.
Is the Guix Cookbook not an appropriate place for a tutorial on setting up a
Guix System for general web viewing? This seems within Guix's purview.
I couldn't find a webviewer through Guix which allowed me to view the Guix
videos out-of-the-box.
I'm happy to help with any of these.