mplayer vs. xine

[Roger Grosswiler]

> 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.
>
There exists a frontend for mplayer, it is called gmplayer. you get it
normally from the same source as mplayer.

HTH
Roger