Re: [emms-help] adding a playable filetype

[Yoni Rabkin]

Steven Arntson <address@hidden> writes:

> Yoni Rabkin <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Steven Arntson <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> An elementary question, but I am nonetheless stumped.
>>>
>>> I have some .aif files in my collection that emms doesn't know how to
>>> play. Some of my default players (mplayer, vlc) can play these, but the
>>> filetype isn't currently included in the .el file for those players.
>>
>> These are set using a macro when the player is initially defined. I've
>> added aif to the recognized files types for both mplayer and vlc in the
>> git repo.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>
> Thank you! On a more general note then, what is the relationship between
> git and the package repositories I originally installed from?

That depends on the package repository.

> Will it populate in the repos in a little while?

We only have control over the main git repo over at Savannah; people
from the different distros package what they want, when they want.

Note that the git repo is kept very stable if you want to use it
directly.

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