On Monday 22 December 2003 07:43 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday 21 December 2003 11:42 am, Sharrea Day wrote: > > Once you get mplayer working it really is a good player. > > Although I must admit, I've not tinkered with the settings all > > that much - it just works so I leave everything apart from > > skins as the default. > > > > Sharrea > > Even mplayer's own developers distain, disown the GUI. Learn > to use mplayer on the CL. It's more fun, many more 'on the fly' > features than the GUI is capable of, any format includin DVD's. > Works quicker, better too. Put's all other players in the dust. > Runner up, Xine lost out a year ago IMO. > > There is a GUI, kmplayer, which is useful for Web browser use > for click'n on 'movie' type links. Works well with Konqueror. Of > course ya need the maybe illict codecs from plf to make it all > work. Personally, I stand fast in the belief that if I bought or > rented it, otherwise publicy accessed it, so did I the codecs an > ability an right to play it. Exactly, and no one should be able to tell us that we have to buy a particular type of electronics machine to watch something. The industry just does not get it. I have found that xine works ok in gui for most of what folks want, but the choices are numerous. I will take Tom's advice and learn what I can of cli for Mplayer and explore that one further. Find what fits, try them all, then make a choice or two. Linux has more than one way to skin a crocodile. : ) -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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