>go to romfind and choose the freshrpm release of xine, I've found it has worked with all my DVDs full screen with no problem. > >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. > >-- > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >
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