Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:42:40 +0530 From: Manish Jain <invalid.pointer@gmail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: Erik Gustafson <gustafson.erik@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Last Frontier : a good multimedia application Message-ID: <49E0A558.1010502@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <18912.33214.985656.315991@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <49E05C71.5000403@gmail.com> <efb0b4d00904110347g3c20dd56g5f61831e3ecd1648@mail.gmail.com> <18912.33214.985656.315991@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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Robert Huff wrote: > Erik Gustafson writes: > > >> Have you tried the ports multimedia/mplayer or multimedia/vlc? I >> can't live without mplayer on my desktop and it usually "just >> works" on everything i try to play. >> > > I use mplayer too, but (as far as I know) the list of supported > codecs hasn't changed in several years. That's mostly not a > problem, but there are certain file types (.wmvs I have been told > are handled correctly by Windows Media Player 10/11; this may be a > DRM thing) that completely do not play. > > >> If you want a fancy GUI, search in ports/multimedia for mplayer >> and you will find kde-mplayer, gnome-mplayer and friends. >> > > Mplayer has a gui (gmplayer) but it's pretty minimal. > > > Robert Huff > > > Hello Robert / Erik, Thanks a lot. MPlayer certainly seems to come with strong credentials and recommendation. I am starting the build straight away. Since I am a die-hard gnomer, I'll go for gnome-mplayer as the frontend. -- Thank you and Regards Manish Jain invalid.pointer@gmail.com +91-99830-62246 NB : Laast year I kudn't spell Software Engineer. Now I are won.
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