[Trisquel-users] gecko-mediaplayer

[Dave Hunt]

I play '.pls' and '.m3u' streams with exaile; movie player also works. 
This in Dagda and Brigantia.



HTH,



Dave





On 06/03/2012 02:31 AM, Aniyan Rajan wrote:
> Yes, I understand that and I know about multiverse in ubuntu. But debian
> lists that package in the free repository. I went through the license.
> Seems to be ok.
>
> I'm trying to do a streaming (.pls, .m3u, etc) using the online radio
> stations. So gecko + mplayer  is the only thing that works easily and
> perfectly. I pulled out gecko from debian-squeeze. Is there any
> alternative software in Trisquel-Slaine?
>
> Thanks,
> Jos Collin
>
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 12:29 AM, <sirgrant at member.fsf.org
> <mailto:sirgrant at member.fsf.org>> wrote:
>
>     It has to do with how
>     [https://trisquel.info/en/__wiki/how-trisquel-made
>     <https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/how-trisquel-made> Trisquel is made].
>       Trisquel is made from Ubuntu and Ubuntu has 4 repository components
>
>     1) Main - Officially supported software.
>
>     2) Restricted - Supported software that is not available under a
>     completely free license.
>
>     3) Universe - Community maintained software, i.e. not officially
>     supported software.
>
>     4) Multiverse - Software that is not free.
>
>     That package [in ubuntu 11.10] which is the basic equivalent if
>     Trisquel 5.5 has that package in the multiverse repository.  I don't
>     know why it is there (it appears to be GPL) but maybe there is some
>     patent restriction or something.  We don't import any packages from
>     the multiverse repo because for whatever reason they are determined
>     by the Ubuntu community to be non-free.  Hope that answers your
>     question.
>
>