Hmm, I'll look at Mplayer then. I understand almost all of the stuff we use is done by people like us in our spare time but it seems the docs or at least a decent overview of what a package does and what you need is lacking on most things out there - even some of the "professional" ones!
Docs are NOT optional! <G>. On Mon, 06 Jan 2003 17:31:46 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're right about xine. That's why i only recommend it for playing > DVD's cause just bout everything else is this hazy mist. I'd suggest > going with MPlayer for playing everything but DVDs. It has far better > performance, and supports alot more movie formats than Xine. > > On 01/06/03 17:20, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > Okay, thanks. That's what I get for assuming! I'm getting ready to merge xine on >my Gentoo and wanted to find out what I really needed (I installed xine on a WS 3.1 >and remember having to sort through all the mess to find out what was what- but that >was a while ago). After reading the xine docs and websites I went to your SxS on >xine. The xine project isn't the best at really telling you what does what and what >you need to do what you want! > > > > > > On Mon, 06 Jan 2003 17:09:36 -0800 > > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 01/06/03 17:00, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > >> > What is divx4 used for - I assume it's some kind of format for DVDs? > >> > >> Actually it has nothing to do with DVDs. Its for DIVX formatted movies > >> (AVI's mostly). > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > 5:30pm up 23 days, 38 min, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.16, 0.18 > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
