Mplayer works but...
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Mon May 29 15:18:37 UTC 2006
Robin Laing wrote:
> Mladen Adamovic wrote:
>> Stephen Mirowski wrote:
>>
>>> Xine has been my choice for DVDs for a few years. Then I add in
>>> Gxine for casual videos (also can be used a plugin for browser).
>>> Mplayer works best as a browser video plugin.
>>>
>> I also recommend Xine. I had problems with Mplayer on certain
>> distros, but haven't any big problem with Xine so far. Mplayer
>> sometimes don't work from repo, sometimes don't work from source, and
>> sometimes it work but only from command line interface.
>>
>> I only had problems with some codec's Xine does use - few times my
>> computer freezed during playback. But I knew that does movies have
>> codec's issue - the movies had coding bugs, lets say.
>>
>
> I also use xine and have found that there are some avi's/mpg's that
> mplayer won't play. I have also used vlc to play DVD's.
I have never used Xine for anything but the backend of Totem. I find
Totem does a fine job of bringing the DVD to Xine which then sends pure
picture and sound to Totem which I watch on. I think Xine has problems
when used alone.
73 Karl
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