[Develop] Simple question : option for direct stream playing

[will]

This is kind of a meta-reply.  It doesn't address your comments 
directly, but it's something I thought of.

I don't think anyone would disagree with the statement that there are 
lots of things we should/could do to make Miro better for some/many/all 
Miro users.  The problem is prioritizing time spent on doing them. 
Where can we get the most bang for our time spent?  How do we quantify that?

I use a few basic methods to figure out where to spend my time.  The 
first is that I look at how many votes a given enhancement has in 
Bugzilla, how many comments, and how fleshed out the enhancement is in 
terms of specification.

Another thing I do is see if someone has attached a patch to the bug. 
If someone's done some work on the issue, that make is 10x easier for me 
to get a handle on the scope, specifics, issues, and finish the 
implementation.

The third thing I do is work on things that affect me personally because 
if it's affecting me, then I usually have a very clear idea of what the 
issue is, the context, the pieces involved, and how to implement/fix it.

Anyhow, the first two items are directly related to discussion on the 
enhancement/bug in Bugzilla.  I encourage you to take some time to add 
your comments and thoughts to that bug and any others you have thoughts 
about and take the time to vote on it, too.

That's definitely the best way to give me input on my development 
direction.  I'm pretty sure that's true of anyone who works on Miro, but 
we just recently switched to Bugzilla and it's possible/likely that 
it'll take some more time to get used to using it.

I should turn this into a blog post.  I'm not sure if the rest of the 
world understands how I set my priorities or how I think we should be 
using Bugzilla for project management.

So to conclude, I'm not suggesting you shouldn't ping the develop list 
with thoughts, ideas, suggestions and concerns.  I am suggesting you use 
Bugzilla to make sure that your comments, suggestions, ideas, and 
concerns are in the system.

Also, I encourage you to talk with other users and together push things 
through.  The better the discussion we have on these enhancements, the 
better the enhancements will turn out.

/will


michel memeteau wrote:
> Me again ,
> 
> I see this has been discussed since May 06
> 
> http://bugzilla.pculture.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079
> 
> On 10/28/07, michel memeteau <michel.memeteau at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi , this a common request for people I try to get to use Miro ( instead
>> of Joost ) :
>>
>> When a channel contains URL for http streams ( FLV , Ogg etc..)  instead
>> of torrent files, Miro will try to download them .
>>
>> Which is a good thing if the Bitrate is > to the inet download rate.
>>
>> But if inet dl rate > vidéo Bitrate , the viewer wants to have the option
>> to watch it directly .
>>
>>
>> I just wanted to know if it's a feature people are working on already or
>> if it's something that has to be specified ( UI issues )
>>
>> moreover : I guess this could applied to bittorrent as well if the
>> "download parts in a row" options is available from the tracker ? (  I mean
>> retrieve the file so it could be played instantly )
>>
>> Thanks again for Miro , I've been following it for few months and it's
>> really becoming the Firefox of video podcast !
>> --
>> %<------------------------------------------------------->%
>> Michel memeteau
>> Blog 0.2 : http://memeteau.free.fr