mplayer vs. xine

[Kevin Stanchfield]

Brian C. Huffman wrote:

>I'd like to have a show of hands of who's for xine and who's for
>mplayer.  Which one is the better choice for a complete multimedia
>solution?  I've used both and have to say that I've had problems with
>both.  
>
>With xine I've been able to play most all formats with the exception of
>Windows media (although I know the codecs are out there). I've gotten
>the gxine frontend which includes a plugin for mozilla.  Unfortunately
>I've had many many crashes of mozilla / xine when using the plugin.
>
>With mplayer (which I've just recently installed), I've had better
>stability (although it has crashed on inline movies), but I don't know
>the extent of the formats that it can play.  Also I haven't seen a
>frontend to mplayer so far....I assume that one does exist.
>
>Thoughts?  Experiences?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>Brian
>
>
>  
>
I've been using Mplayer and it's associated plugin with Mozilla 1.6 for 
a day now.  Everything works great, including DVDs.  WMV files cause a 
seg fault in the pre3 version, soon to be fixed.

It comes with a GUI, but you need to have at least one skin installed.

See the following site for Fedora specific tips:
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mplayer-fedora.html#divx

The Mplayer plugin can be had from:
http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/  (I found this via 
fedoranews.org, another great site.)

Have fun.

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