Phonon/FeatureMatrix

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Feature GStreamer VLC
AbstractMediaStreaming Yes Yes
AudioDataOutput Yes No [1]
AudioOutput Yes Yes
Effect Yes No [1]
MediaObject Yes Yes
MediaObject (gapless transition) Partial [2] No [1]
MediaController (Angles) Yes No [1] [3]
MediaController (Chapters) Yes Yes
MediaController (Navigations) Yes Yes
MediaController (Subtitles) Yes Yes
MediaController (Titles) Yes Yes
MediaSource (BluRay) No Yes
VideoDataOutput Yes Yes
VideoWidget Yes Yes [4]
VideoWidget (Implicit Surface Render - QGraphicsScene) Yes Yes
VolumeFaderEffect Yes No [1]
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Upstream limitation.
  2. Due to timing issues sources must play longer than a couple of seconds for gapless to work.
  3. Angles is a feature used by approximately 3 DVDs.
  4. Minor limitation of crop/scaling features.


Operating System GStreamer VLC
Linux Yes Yes
Mac OS X No Yes
Windows No Yes