Re: Request for developer information

> Bonjour,
>
> As a developer of an application for talking digital books (please see
> http://talkingdocs.org ) I am less and less satisfied with the delopment
> tools presently used. I therefore want to start a Linux version. What I need
> is an audio player (mp2, mp3; wmv, .... ) and a programming interface with a
> few simple functions, specified below.
>
> I wonder whether Banshee could be a good choice. I would appreciate
> suggestions as to the player and also as to suitable low-cost Linux
> development tools. (I did lots of Unix development work in the 80's and
> 90's, using 4GL's and C). Thanks in advance for your kind replies!
>
> Fred Worms
>
>
> Start playing file X at beginning
> Start playing file X at time T in msecs
> Get current time of file X that is playing
> Get duration in msecs for file X that is playing
> Pause, resume and stop playing.