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Newer page: | version 17 | Last edited on Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:09:22 pm | by MattBrown | Revert |
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[MPlayer | http://www.mplayerhq.hu/] is a MediaPlayer for Linux and other unix-like [OS]es. It also runs on MicrosoftWindows using [Cygwin].
[MPlayer] plays a huge number video formats, many using OpenSource CoDec~s included with [MPlayer] (such FFmpeg's libavcodec for [MPEG] 1, 2 and 4). Proprietary [CoDec]s such as RealPlayer ~RealMovie can be played by using their MicrosoftWindows [DLL]s and the avifile library (obviously this is less than optimal so use [MPEG] 4 or H.263 for all your [DVD] rips <tt>;-)</tt>). [MPlayer] can play [MP3] and OggVorbis, so you can also play video with sound encoded with those CoDec~s. It's suboptimal for [DVD]s as it does not support [DVD] menus.
-[MPlayer] is
also quite flexible. It
can output video
to [X11],
XV,
DGA,
[OpenGL],
SVGAlib,
fbdev,
DirectFB,
GGI,
[SDL] and
[AAlib] (try that one if you are bored one day).
[MPlayer] can be used with a
normal [GUI], but can be fully controlled from a remote control, keyboard, joystick or [line-based protocol | http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt]. Joystick might seem a bit useless, but you could use a wireless gamepad or a [PlayStation2] console remote.
+[MPlayer] also supports a wide range of output devices, video
can be
output to:
+*
[X11]
+*
XV
+*
DGA
+*
[OpenGL]
+*
SVGAlib
+*
fbdev
+*
DirectFB
+*
GGI
+*
[SDL]
+*
[AAlib] (try that one if you are bored one day)
+
+
[MPlayer] has
normal [GUI], but can also
be fully controlled from a remote control, keyboard, joystick or [line-based protocol | http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt]. Joystick might seem a bit useless, but you could use a wireless gamepad or a [PlayStation2] console remote.