Ever wanted to use libxine to play stuff in Banshee? I’ve coded up the Xine Backend for you and here is how to install and activate it. Be aware that Banshee version newer than 0.10.10 is required. If you want to compile from source and you are on SUSE Linux you will have to install the banshee-devel package.

Download XineEngine.dll in the directory reported by

pkg-config --variable=systemplugindir banshee | sed -e 's/Banshee.Plugins/Banshee.MediaEngine/'

Activate the engine with:

gconftool-2 --set /apps/Banshee/PlayerEngine "xine-engine" --type string

Done!

From Source

wget http://files.ivanz.com/projects/banshee/banshee-engine-xine/banshee-engine-xine.tar.gz
tar xfz banshee-engine-xine.tar.gz
cd banshee-engine-xine
./autogen.sh
make
make install

Changing the default engine in Banshee

Setting the default media engine in Banshee can be done by using gconftool:

gconftool-2 --get /apps/Banshee/PlayerEngine
gconftool-2 --set /apps/Banshee/PlayerEngine "engine-name" --type string