Bug 52937

Summary:	gstreamer 0.8.1 Gconf settings not set by alsa USE flag
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Nick Dimiduk (RETIRED) <ndimiduk>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2004.1
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Nick Dimiduk (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-03 20:05:31 UTC

Emerging Gstreamer 0.8.1 with USE="alsa -oss" should set the "/system/gstreamer/0.8/default/audiosink" gconf key to "alsasink" instead of "osssink" and the .../default/audiosrc key to "alsasrc" instead of "osssrc".

Alternately, installing gstreamer-dependant applications (such as rhythmbox) with the these USE values set should alter these gconf entries appropriately.

Comment 1 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-06-04 03:20:43 UTC

it's not a bad idea, but we really have no means to implement this at this point. A user can have alsa & oss & esd & artsd & nas all in USE, which to choose then? Only setting it when only one sink is in USE is confusing behaviour. Considering the unstable nature of gst-alsa & the lack of mixer for gst-esd , oss isn't a bad default choice at all for now.

This should at best only be done when installing gstreamer, but certainly not per-application. Applications themselves have no knowledge about src/sink, so we shouldn't imply that they have.

Closing as CANTFIX, because i think this cannot be done in a neat way currently.