Phonon was originally created to allow KDE and Qt software to be independent of any single multimedia framework such as GStreamer or xine and to provide a stable API for a major version's lifetime.
fˈɑːnɑːn wʌz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd tʊ ɐlˈaʊ kˌeɪdˌiːˈiː ænd kjˌuːtˈiː sˈɔftwɛɹ təbi ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt ʌv ˌɛni sˈɪŋɡəl mˌʌltɪmˈiːdiːə fɹˈeɪmwɜːk sˈʌtʃ ɐz dʒˈiː stɹˈiːmɚ ɔːɹ zˈaɪn ænd tə pɹəvˈaɪd ɐ stˈeɪbəl ˌeɪpˌiːˈaɪ fɚɹə mˈeɪdʒɚ vˈɜːʒənz lˈaɪftaɪm.