On Friday November 22 2002 11:33 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> On Friday 22 November 2002 12:21 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Anyone got Xine to play avi and asf files on ML 9 ? I get video but
> > no sound.
>
> Its a bit more difficult to setup, but I much prefer Mplayer myself.
> Plays just about every video format I use (except newer MOVs) and
> does DVD fullscreen. I also use Mencoder (part of Mplayer) to
> rip/backup my DVDs.
>
> Great stuff, once you get it working.
My idea is to keep both around, plus Xover for what neither will
play (yet ;) I've got 24, 700mb CD's full of avi's, mpg's, mpeg's, and
mov's (including a bunch of Sorenson v3 ones), plus a bunch more on the
HDD waitin to be burned.
Mplayer will play some files Xine won't, but vice'versa is equally
true, and varies as each releases new upgrades. IOW's, it's a game of
musical chairs as to whether one is better than the other. Many videos
don't contain playable sound no matter what server (alsa, oss, esd,
etc.) is used. Many don't include a audio track to begin with.
All this has been the case for me while movin from 8.x to 9.0 to 9.1.
Right now (current cooker, 9.1), Xine is in the lead (last few days ;)
Both have their pros and cons. I tend to like Gmplayer better...
when it's not broken as it is right now. Xine tends to be more
dependable, IME.
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