Recommendations for a good video player?

yayaba · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

Is there anything else that resembles Windows Media Player Classic? I had Totem before when I used Gnome and that worked pretty well but now I'm running on Fluxbox (Totem asks me to emerge the whole Gnome package... ugh).

I just emerged xine and don't really like the way that it looks nor functions. The one thing I did like however is that it supports all my divx and xvid stuff right off the bat.

John5788 · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:56 am Post subject:

mplayer
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Hauser · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:58 am Post subject:

vlc
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Zyne · Guru Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 334

yayaba · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

Ok, does mplayer function the same as Window Media Player Classic or does it still have the video window and controls window seperate?

Also, if I emerge mplayer will it auto include the stuff I need for divx and xvid?

Thanks

fctk · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

mplayer is a command line video player... but if you want you can emerge a gui...

anyway mplayer is my video player of choice, too!

scoobydu · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

Yes should do

Give it a try, emerge -p mplayer .... should have your codecs listed too.

Don't forget to have alsa in your use flags if you use alsa, and gtk USE flag gives you the gtk gui.
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yayaba · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

Wow this is an awesome player! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than Xine.

Thanks guys.

plbe · l33t Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 661

yep mplayer is the best player out there imho

lighty14 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 111

Kaffeine is an excellent GUI media player, much better than (g)mplayer, standard xine, vlc. All DVD menus I've tried have worked in Kaffeine, and video files dont mess up like they do in gmplayer, but I do occasionally have to use gmplayer for some videos that are in rm format.

Fredsome · n00b Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 23

Thanks, I just tried Kaffeine it rocks! Are there any other programs that support DVD menus? I've heard of Ogle, but I haven't tried it yet.
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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

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