From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Apr 5 9:38:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C01D37B417; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g35HcDa81284 ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:38:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id TAA56826 ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:38:12 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:38:12 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Vinod Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multimedia players Message-ID: <20020405193812.A56553@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20020405172500.80433.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020405172500.80433.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com>; from geekvinod@yahoo.com on Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 09:25:00AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message