Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:38:12 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Vinod <geekvinod@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multimedia players Message-ID: <20020405193812.A56553@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20020405172500.80433.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com>; from geekvinod@yahoo.com on Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 09:25:00AM -0800 References: <20020405172500.80433.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com>
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Vinod said on Apr 5, 2002 at 09:25:00:
> i am new to freebsd and just got X going.can anyone
> tell me what are the best multimedia players(something
> like real player) available on the X system and where
> i can get them.there are some on the ports.don't know
> which one is the best.
audio/linux-realplayer is the only one which will handle real video.
graphics/mplayer and graphics/xine will handle most mpegs, avis, etc
very nicely, and can also handle dvds with some caveats (see their
documentation/webpages, and for encrypted dvds in xine, install one of
the graphics/xine-{dvdnav,d4d,d5d}-plugin ports.) Nothing will handle
quicktime with Sorensen codec (ie, most quicktime files), but some
programs can handle quicktime with other codecs. xine is probably the
most polished looking, mplayer supports the widest variety of video
formats, and it looks to me like it's a tie between those two for
speed. Ogle is a dvd/vcd player, better support for menus but not
quite as fast as the above two. I find that xine and mplayer between
them take care of my needs nicely...
Rahul
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