[gentoo-user] Media players

[gentoo-user] Media players

[Ian K]

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Hi guys,
[disclaimer] I have a question, that could _potentially_ start a minor
flame war. [/disclaimer]
I personally, really like how Windows Media Player works. It is bloated,
yes, but I like how it
can play so much. It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
like Xine. Im just wondering,
for a KDE user like me, what else is out there? I know of amaroK and
mplayer, but know little
about them. I would really like radio, and nice video playback. But
also, it needs to have
keybindings. I have a new keyboard with all the nice stuff,
play/pause,stop,next,etc. I want to
use it! :) What else is there? Even a frontend to xine would be nice.
Thanks!
Ian

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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 23:44 +0000, Ian K wrote:
> Hi guys,
> [disclaimer] I have a question, that could _potentially_ start a minor
> flame war. [/disclaimer]
> I personally, really like how Windows Media Player works. It is bloated,
> yes, but I like how it
> can play so much. It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
> like Xine. Im just wondering,
> for a KDE user like me, what else is out there? I know of amaroK and
> mplayer, but know little
> about them. I would really like radio, and nice video playback. But
> also, it needs to have
> keybindings. I have a new keyboard with all the nice stuff,
> play/pause,stop,next,etc. I want to
> use it! :) What else is there? Even a frontend to xine would be nice.
> Thanks!
> Ian

if you like xine, use it! there is nothing in kde that stops you using
xine.

or if you want a different front end to the same thing, try kaffeine.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[sunmoon1997]

Nick Rout wrote:

>On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 23:44 +0000, Ian K wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi guys,
>>[disclaimer] I have a question, that could _potentially_ start a minor
>>flame war. [/disclaimer]
>>I personally, really like how Windows Media Player works. It is bloated,
>>yes, but I like how it
>>can play so much. It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
>>like Xine. Im just wondering,
>>for a KDE user like me, what else is out there? I know of amaroK and
>>mplayer, but know little
>>about them. I would really like radio, and nice video playback. But
>>also, it needs to have
>>keybindings. I have a new keyboard with all the nice stuff,
>>play/pause,stop,next,etc. I want to
>>use it! :) What else is there? Even a frontend to xine would be nice.
>>Thanks!
>>Ian
>>    
>>
>
>if you like xine, use it! there is nothing in kde that stops you using
>xine.
>
>or if you want a different front end to the same thing, try kaffeine.
>
>  
>
You can try kaffeine. It's a KDE xine frontend. I think it's the best 
frontend of xine.

regards
Sunmoon1997
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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Michael Crute]

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Personally I like mplayer just make sure you compile in the support for mpeg 
and dvd. Here are my use flags for mplayer: (and it plays pretty much 
everything I have)

"3dfx 3dnow X aalib alsa arts avi dga divx4linux dts dvb dvd dvdread encode 
esd gif gtk ipv6 jack jpeg mad mmx mpeg mythtv nls nvidia oggvorbis opengl 
oss png real samba sdl sse sse2 truetype v4l v4l2 xmms xv xvid"

-Mike

On 8/7/05, sunmoon1997 <sunmoon1997@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 23:44 +0000, Ian K wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi guys,
> >>[disclaimer] I have a question, that could _potentially_ start a minor
> >>flame war. [/disclaimer]
> >>I personally, really like how Windows Media Player works. It is bloated,
> >>yes, but I like how it
> >>can play so much. It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
> >>like Xine. Im just wondering,
> >>for a KDE user like me, what else is out there? I know of amaroK and
> >>mplayer, but know little
> >>about them. I would really like radio, and nice video playback. But
> >>also, it needs to have
> >>keybindings. I have a new keyboard with all the nice stuff,
> >>play/pause,stop,next,etc. I want to
> >>use it! :) What else is there? Even a frontend to xine would be nice.
> >>Thanks!
> >>Ian
> >>
> >>
> >
> >if you like xine, use it! there is nothing in kde that stops you using
> >xine.
> >
> >or if you want a different front end to the same thing, try kaffeine.
> >
> >
> >
> You can try kaffeine. It's a KDE xine frontend. I think it's the best
> frontend of xine.
> 
> regards
> Sunmoon1997
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> 
> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Alexander Skwar]

Ian K schrieb:
> Hi guys,
> [disclaimer] I have a question, that could _potentially_ start a minor
> flame war. [/disclaimer]
> I personally, really like how Windows Media Player works. It is bloated,
> yes, but I like how it
> can play so much.

*LOL* Hard to find anything, that can play fewer media than WMP...

> It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much

Since when does Windows Media Player have DVD support? Last time I
looked at it, it couldn't play DVDs by itself.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Matan Peled]

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Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Since when does Windows Media Player have DVD support? Last time I
> looked at it, it couldn't play DVDs by itself.

Yeah, didn't know WiMP could do DVDs...

Anyway, WiMP can play most everything... You just need to install the codec.
Same with every other player for Windows, beside those that have their own
codecs (Real Player and VLC come to mind).

For media players, I personally use mpd, and ncmpc or a few scripts the combine
mpc and xosd that are binded to my keyboard's multimedia keys.

When I want to listen to radio or video, I fire up mplayer...

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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Norberto Bensa]

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Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
>
> Since when does Windows Media Player have DVD support? Last time I
> looked at it, it couldn't play DVDs by itself.

Yep. It does. You need drivers from your DVD player, but WMP 9/10 do actually 
play DVDs. 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Alexander Skwar]

Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> > It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
>>
>> Since when does Windows Media Player have DVD support? Last time I
>> looked at it, it couldn't play DVDs by itself.
> 
> Yep. It does. You need drivers from your DVD player,

Ah, so it does not play DVDs. Thanks.

> but WMP 9/10 do actually 
> play DVDs. 

But only with drivers/codecs and after installation of those,
many other players play DVDs just fine as well.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Norberto Bensa]

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Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > Alexander Skwar wrote:
> >> > It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
> >>
> >> Since when does Windows Media Player have DVD support? Last time I
> >> looked at it, it couldn't play DVDs by itself.
> >
> > Yep. It does. You need drivers from your DVD player,
>
> Ah, so it does not play DVDs. Thanks.
>

Neither does mplayer/xine/totem/whatever if you remove libdvdcss...


> > but WMP 9/10 do actually
> > play DVDs.
>
> But only with drivers/codecs and after installation of those,
> many other players play DVDs just fine as well.
>

If the player's maker pay U$S10.000 per year to the DVD consortium for -one- 
DVD key, yes. 

> Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] Media players

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:59:48 +0200
Alexander Skwar wrote:

> Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > Alexander Skwar wrote:
> >> > It has radio, nice visuals, dvd, etc support. Much
> >>
> >> Since when does Windows Media Player have DVD support? Last time I
> >> looked at it, it couldn't play DVDs by itself.
> > 
> > Yep. It does. You need drivers from your DVD player,
> 
> Ah, so it does not play DVDs. Thanks.
> 
> > but WMP 9/10 do actually 
> > play DVDs. 
> 
> But only with drivers/codecs and after installation of those,
> many other players play DVDs just fine as well.

vlc plays dvd's just fine on windows.



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