[desktop-discuss] RhytmBox "doesn't work"

[Brian Cameron]

Calum/Johan:

Yes, though rhythmbox does have a few bugs which need some further
looking into.  I've noticed some weird behavior when the directory
where your music is located is mounted one time you run, then not
mounted the next time.  It also seems to have some crashing issues
if a CD is inserted in the drive.

We are aware of some of the "lag" or lack of responsiveness with
using the GStreamer SunAudio sink plugin.  Configuring GStreamer
to use the esdsink may work better?  We are looking into these
performance issues with the SunAudio sink plugin.

I think multimedia support has come a long way in Vermillion, once
HAL is integrated - but there is still work to do.

Brian

> On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 17:32 -0700, Johan Krüger-Haglert wrote:
> 
>>I run nevada build 42 with vermillion 45, I've tested RhytmBox some
>>but for whatever reason it behaved weird and couldn't be started
>>earlier and the HDD where just going and going so I hardrebooted (X
>>didn't listened to alt-backspace either) and removed rhytmbox from
>>~/.gnome2 and ~/.gconf.
> 
> 
> I don't think we don't really expect rhythmbox (or sound-juicer) to work
> properly until HAL is integrated into nevada, which we're hoping will be
> build 46.  Until then, weird things will probably happen.
> 
> 
>>Off topic: Also does anyone have any suggestions on how to make the
>>desktop experience more snappy while using the HDD on x86?
> 
> 
> Don't know exactly what sort of thing you're looking for, but you could
> start with the "Improving Performance" chapter in the JDS 3 Admin
> guide-- most of this should still apply to Nevada:
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-0918/6n3aglfer?a=view
> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
> 

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Brian