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Totem is movie player for the Gnome desktop based on xine. It features a
playlist, a full-screen mode, seek and volume controls, as well as
complete keyboard navigation.
Read the previous release notes if you encounter problems:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2003-October/msg00054.html
News
====
See NEWS file
Dependencies
============
xine-lib 1.0 rc4a or newer:
http://xinehq.de
GNOME 2.2 development platform:
http://www.gnome.org
Controls
========
H:
Hide/Show controls in windowed mode
I:
Switch deinterlacing on and off
P, Space (fullscreen only):
Play/Pause
Escape (in full screen mode):
Switch to windowed mode
F:
Toggle full screen
0/�,1,2:
Zoom respectively to 50%, 100% and 200% of the video's original size
Left arrow:
Go back 15 seconds
Right arrow:
Go forward 60 seconds
Shift+Left arrow:
Go back 5 seconds
Shift+Right arrow:
Go forward 15 seconds
Up Arrow:
Increase the volume by 8%
Down Arrow:
Decrease the volume by 8%
B:
Previous stream (Back)
N:
Next stream (Next)
Q:
Quit
S:
Show the "Skip to" dialog
Copyright
=========
gtk-xine.[ch] from gnome-xine by Guenter Bartsch <guenter@users.sourceforge.net>
with the following enhancements by myself:
- port to Gtk+ 2.0
- real full-screen mode for _NET_WM aware window managers (metacity, sawfish2,
kwin > 2.2, etc.)
- use of signals
- use of properties
- loads of API cleanups
- move all the internal data to a private structure
Nifty media player icon by Jakub Steiner <jimmac@ximian.com>
UI help by Seth Nickell <snickell@stanford.edu>
FAQ
===
Q: Totem doesn't appear in the applications to open videos in Nautilus.
A: You probably installed Totem in a different prefix. Here is how to fix it.
$ cd /where/the/totem/sources/are/
$ cd data && make user-install
And it should now. Enjoy.
TODO
====
- support gxine, freevo, ypl playlist formats
- write a widget more suitable for seeking in place of the current slider
- check if there's a CD in the drive before trying to play anything
- try to load optical media depending on what's in the drive
- broadcasting and network client
- Play with OSD and stuff
- ports to other windowing system/OSes?
- Browser plugin ? See for examples:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/modules/plugin/samples/default/unix/ for examples
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2002/plugin/1.0/preface.html
- split the baconvideowidget into a GtkWidget and a GObject (use a GInterface)?
- add equaliser support to the API
- be able to choose the deinterlace method?
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.xine.devel/4304/match=tvtime
- white bits on the screen when switching to fullscreen (more obvious when changing res as well)
- accessible subtitles?
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.xine.devel/3456/match=+api+addition+subtitles+accessibility
- implement a subclass of the checkbox menu item that takes two strings as parameters and switche between the two depending on the state (eg. Lock/Unlock)
- enhance the look of the controls popup in fullscreen
- rtsp plugin for xine?
http://www.live.com/liveMedia/#testProgs
- finish vanity
GStreamer backend TODO
======================
- bacon_video_widget_get_current_frame (screenshot)
- audio cd playback, with cddb (track listing, info retreival)
- VCD playback
- DVD playback with menus (unstable)
- fps, bitrate
- deinterlacing
- network connection speed (mmsh://, http://, rtsp://...)
- subtitles and languages (not only DVD, ogg/ogm as well)
- aspect ratio changes
BUGS
====
Bugs should be lodged in Gnome's Bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=totem
To get a better debug output, run:
gconftool-2 --set --type bool /apps/totem/debug true
Contact
=======
Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
http://hadess.net/totem.php3
