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-====== Juste une parole ====== +This page has been moved over and is now part of the [[http://docs.xfce.org/apps/parole/start|official documentation for Parole]]
-===== What is this? ===== +
-{{:projects:applications:parole-logo.png }} +
- +
-Parole is a modern simple media player based on the [[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/|GStreamer]] framework and written to fit well in the [[http://www.xfce.org|Xfce]] desktop.\\ +
-It is designed with simplicity, speed and resource usage in mind. +
- +
-===== Features ===== +
-Parole features playback of local media files, including video with subtitles support, DVD/CD and live streams. Parole is also extensible via plugins. +
- +
-===== Requirements ===== +
- +
-==== Compile time ==== +
-  * Gtk 2.20 or above. +
-  * Glib 2.32 or above. +
-  * Gio 2.16 or above. +
-  * DBus 0.60 or above. +
-  * DBus glib 0.70 or above. +
-  * GStreamer: base, video, interface and GStreamer X, version 0.10.24 or above. +
-  * libxfce4ui 4.8.0 or above. +
-  * libxfce4util 4.8.0 or above. +
- +
-==== Run time ==== +
-The [[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/|GStreamer]] framework provides a strong plugin interface to dynamically load plugins that support certain media types, the more you have GStreamer plugins installed in your system the more you can play media formats with Parole. +
-Parole is completely free, means that you can user it, redistribute it and/or modify it under GNU general public license, in the other hands some GStreamer plugins are not free, for example to decode some closed media formats, and possibly other plugins have licensing issues with their source code, it is up to you or usually to the distribution to ship/accept the license of these plugins, here is the list of Gstreamer plugins +
- +
-=== GStreamer base plugins === +
-Base functionality of GStreamer. +
- +
-=== GStreamer good plugins === +
-Plugins for most open formats. +
- +
-=== GStreamer bad plugins === +
-Plugins that Need more work to be good. +
- +
-=== GStreamer ugly plugins === +
-Plugins which are not **Free** and possibly with license issue, +
-you will need these plugins for DVD playback. +
-For more information about GStreamer plugins have a look to [[http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/splitup.html|this page]]. +
- +
- +
-===== Plugins ===== +
-Parole currently features the following plugins: +
- +
-  *System tray icon, minimize Parole to the system tray. +
-  *Stream Properties plugin, change stream meta data. +
-  *Power Manager, prevents the power manager from activating the automatic sleep while playing VCD and DVD. +
- +
- +
-===== Tips & Tricks ===== +
-==== Automatic play (thunar-volman) ==== +
-Since version 0.2.0.1 is enough to start parole with +
- +
-<code bash> +
-parole --device=dev (where dev is /dev/sr0 for example) +
-</code> +
- +
-Parole will handle the rest, e.g. will detect if the device has media, the media type and start playing it, to enable autoplay in your Xfce desktop you need [[:projects:thunar-plugins:thunar-volman|Thunar Volman]], once installed you can configure thunar to start parole when audio cd and dvd/vcd are inserted +
- +
-<code> +
-parole --device=%d +
-</code> +
- +
-{{:projects:applications:thunar-volman-parole.png|:projects:applications:thunar-volman-parole.png}} +
- +
-===== Screenshots ===== +
-{{:projects:applications:parole-screen1.png?450|}} +
- +
-===== Releases ===== +
-==== Version 0.3.0 ==== +
- [[http://git.xfce.org/apps/parole/snapshot/parole-0.3.0.3.tar.bz2|parole-0.3.0.3]] (2012-08-22) +
-==== Archive ==== +
- [[http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/|Release Archive]] +
-===== GIT ===== +
-You can check out the Xfce GIT Repository like so: +
-<code>git clone http://git.xfce.org/apps/parole</code> +
- +
-You can view the GIT source tree [[http://git.xfce.org/apps/parole|online]] as well. +
- +
-===== Compiling ===== +
-<code bash> +
-./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr (or ./configure if you are compiling a normal release). +
-make +
-make install (as root) +
-</code> +
- +
- +
- +
- +
- +
-===== FAQ =====   +
-=== I have a feature request i like to see in Parole? === +
-Ideas are always welcome, please see the section [[parole#Reporting bugs|Reporting bugs]], please flag your report as a feature request. +
- +
-=== I inserted a DVD or VCD and i don't see it in the parole media menu? === +
-These kind of problems are always caused by the backend that parole is relying on while the device manager layer on Linux is a complete mess, there is nothing we can do to avoid these kind of problems unfortunately, but as a work around you can click on media->Open Location then use dvd:// or cdda:// for audio disks, etc... +
- +
-=== Is this is a Totem for Xfce? === +
-No, while the interface is probably similar, but Parole is a new player written completely from scratch, Parole is lighter, its plugin interface is completely different. +
- +
-===== Reporting bugs ===== +
-Please report all bugs on the [[https://bugzilla.xfce.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Parole|Xfce Bugzilla]]+