Xine vs. Mplayer

[Antonio Olivares]

--- Charles Malespin <charles.malespin at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all, 
>    I am pretty new to FC3 and am have a question
> about video players.  I
> am currently using Xine and it works ok, but I cant
> play wvm videos
> among other little problems I have with it.  I saw
> that Mplayer does
> play wvm videos and I wanna give it a try.  Is one
> better than the
> other, or is it just personal pref?  I currently
> have Firefox using Xine
> to open video links, how do I go in and make Mplayer
> my default video
> viewer(please try and make it as easy as possible
> for a noob...) and is
> there anything that I lose by switching to Mplayer? 
> Do I need to get
> rid of Xine from my computer, and if so how(again
> simple please, I am
> having trouble locating files and which files are
> what still..)?
> Thanks in advance!
> Charles 
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Charles,
   I think it is a matter of preference.  I use both
players as I like them both very much.  If you want
menus on your dvd's go with xine.  If you don't care
Mplayer plays dvd's with dvd://1.  If you can't play
the wmv files, go to
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
and download the w32codecs rpm and install it.  It
should fix your problem.  If you would like to try
Mplayer, go right ahead it is great also.

Regards,

Antonio

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