Next version of Spek will use FFmpeg libraries to decode audio files. There are several reasons for the switch from GStreamer: GStreamer is a fantastic framework for building complex multimedia pipelines, however what Spek really needs is a simple decoder and FFmpeg's libavformat and libavcodec do just that.
GStreamer, FFmpeg and Spek
GStreamer, FFmpeg and Spek
GStreamer, FFmpeg and Spek
Next version of Spek will use FFmpeg libraries to decode audio files. There are several reasons for the switch from GStreamer: GStreamer is a fantastic framework for building complex multimedia pipelines, however what Spek really needs is a simple decoder and FFmpeg's libavformat and libavcodec do just that.