mplayer vs. xine

[Russell Coker]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:59, Konstantin Riabitsev <icon at linux.duke.edu> wrote:
> I would also note, that mplayer is a pain to use on non-x86
> architectures. It is so optimized to run well on x86, that every
> other arch will have performance problems. For example, on my G4
> Powerbook (500Mhz) I cannot play any movies using mplayer without it

I use the i386 version of mplayer.  Some time ago I found that the i686 
version would SEGV or refuse to play some files.  The i386 version worked 
fine and I've stuck with it (I didn't notice any performance difference).

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