One of the nice things about Open Source is the ability to take the code of an existing program and add/amend it. I would agree with the points mentioned above that there are too many media players. Having tried to get a stream working on half a dozen before finding one that worked for just that stream and then finding a Nokia Media coverted AVI would only play in another just seems wrong. The point mentioned above that PC's typically have a few media players may be true but most people stick with just the one and the IT is still showing itself as a tool for geeks and not for Joe Public when one needs different versions of the same idea to do things.

Just tweak the existing code and make it better guys. Stop reinventing the wheel!