Sounding Off2: faad2 and xmms2
It's a very rainy day here in paradise. The humidity is at 100 percent and the window panes are covered with condensation that glitters like icicles as the water drips down. I think you can guess that not much is happening here today. Although, I did have a little problem yesterday with the program I use to listen to music. It's called xmms. It stopped playing anything except MP3s. I don't know why. All the plug-ins where still there and enabled. So I uninstalled and reinstalled the program. No difference. So I tried re-compiling the faad2 xmms plug-in again but had no luck. Sigh. So, I uninstalled again, deleted the .xmms file in ~/home, reinstalled, and Bob's your slave, it's working again.
Speaking of recompiling the faad2 xmms plug-in, I found a new source (pun intended) of where to get the code. The xmixahlx site has the source code specifically setup for Debian installations. You still have to compile everything, but at least you don't have to go through any Debian specific incantations. Just follow the default instructions, including ./configure --with-xmms --with-mp4v2 and the scripts do everything for you, including copying the plug-in to the correct directory. Pretty slick.
Of course, the site is located behind a dyndns dynamic DNS service so who knows how reliable/secure a site this is. YMMV. Use at your own risk. Insert disclaimer here.
Aloha!