mplayer vs. xine

[Steffan Jacobs]

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
>
>
>  
>
Hi,

Personally I would have to say that I don't prefer either of them. I 
think xine is by far better for DVD's because of it's support for menu's 
but mplayer seems to be more flexible for playing downloaded video's. 
Also I like the mplayer plugin better than xine's and it's working like 
a charm now. So if you ask me use xine for dvd's and mplayer for 
video-file's (that's what I do anyway).

Bye,

Steffan.