From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 11 14:11:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 629BC106566B for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86578FC23 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:11:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from invalid.pointer@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so1417022tia.3 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:11:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9MkRVh//WkE554EqG37BD4xQ6w5ipiwXJabc7+aemfw=; b=YIQnxpkDvR7NTRWSsTYC+N0QWu59mVZeSeE51chZ6qEzzCxl4PGvHfKpoWZZnWYs0K z03dlvjTPr5M/mkUh9Qcx5zchvR61nwX8evhbZKyQInT+SEB50KK9vHmmiXRbAP4zC6z wdZ6dA5o4x1La86R5JNylYHR8nm7YI3U28H2A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ATCRczPQk0TZT+dBOHwp605WWs9Ihi0UkUF3JWA7ExSx+KH0c2LMiKv97jYt9BfJkz wYuoBkkRiNtj7GnBCmxMS6A2nhI7uFUrrgNzBBUu6dp68OGv/P3aiFFaTWErxLaQBHXB pW6uTd472hJIUiifar2I5ZVT/Pb7uBdAuRtXM= Received: by 10.110.53.19 with SMTP id b19mr6315375tia.58.1239459072710; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:11:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unxfbsdi.local.lan ([117.196.224.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y5sm1606446tia.17.2009.04.11.07.11.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:11:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49E0A558.1010502@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:42:40 +0530 From: Manish Jain User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Huff References: <49E05C71.5000403@gmail.com> <18912.33214.985656.315991@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <18912.33214.985656.315991@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Erik Gustafson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Last Frontier : a good multimedia application X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:11:14 -0000 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.