mplayer vs. xine

[Steffan Jacobs]

Roger Grosswiler wrote:

>>Brian C. Huffman wrote:
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>>>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
>>>
>>>
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>>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.
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>There exists a frontend for mplayer, it is called gmplayer. you get it
>normally from the same source as mplayer.
>
>HTH
>Roger
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Hi,

I do juse gmplayer, I just meant that it doesn't support the menu's that 
are ON the DVD itself. It's starts playing the main title right away.

Bye,
Steffan.