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#1 2011-05-12 20:38:23
- ibrunton
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[SOLVED] Possible to switch phonon backend?
During my first Arch installation, I used all the defaults. I had distorted sound in my headphones. Then, because of some problems with dual-booting, I had to reinstall Arch from scratch. Thinking it might make a difference, instead of gstreamer I chose xine this time around. (It made do difference.)
Anyway, I've since learned that "xine is unmaintained and will not see updates", so I'm wondering if it is possible to switch from xine to either gstreamer or vlc backend without having to reinstall from scratch.
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#2 2011-05-12 20:44:30
- JokerBoy
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Re: [SOLVED] Possible to switch phonon backend?
do you know you have a systemsettings in kde? go to system settings > hardware > multimedia > phonon > backend.
personally I use the vlc backend for now, seems like the gstreamer backend is using some CPU..
choose from phonon-gstreamer, phonon-vlc, phonon-xine from extra and phonon-mplayer-git from aur.
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#3 2011-05-12 20:55:43
- ibrunton
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Re: [SOLVED] Possible to switch phonon backend?
Only Xine is listed in that tab. So I could install other backends and then all installed options should be available via the System Settings, yes?
EDIT: Yes indeed. Thanks!
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