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-[Totem | http://www.hadess
.net
/totem.php3
] is a MediaPlayer which
can use either the [Xine] or [GStreamer] video
libraries as a backend.
+[Totem|http://www.gnome
.org/projects
/totem/
] is the official movie player of the [GNOME] DesktopEnvironment, and
can use either the [Xine] or [GStreamer] libraries as a backend.
-[Totem]'s major strength over its competitors
is its sane [GUI]. Contrast [Xine], whose interface is such a disaster it should convince people that "skinning" is a huge misfeature. Tring
to imitate the operation of analog devices doesn't help usability either. Jamie Zawinski's [rant | http://www.jwz.org/doc/linuxvideo.html] about Linux video player usability is harsh, but valid.
+[Totem]'s major strength over other MediaPlayer~s
is its sane [GUI]. Contrast [Xine], whose interface is such a disaster it should convince people that "skinning" is a huge misfeature. Trying
to imitate the operation of analog devices doesn't help usability either. Jamie Zawinski's [rant | http://www.jwz.org/doc/linuxvideo.html] about [
Linux]
video player usability is harsh, but valid.
-If totem-gstreamer won't play your [DivX] files, try installing the ffmpeg plugin. This may be patent-encumbered in some countries, so your distribution might not distribute it in their CD images. If you use Ubuntu Hoary,
-__
gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg__
is apparently in Universe.
-
If you use Debian Sarge, [get it here|http://pkg-gnome.alioth.debian.org/debian/pool/g/gst-ffmpeg/gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg_.8.2-1_i386.deb].
+If totem-gstreamer won't play your [DivX] files, try installing the ffmpeg plugin. This may be patent-encumbered in some countries, so your distribution might not distribute it in their [
CD]
images. If you use [
Ubuntu]
Hoary, <tt>
gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg</tt>
is apparently in Universe. If you use [
Debian]
Sarge, [get it here | http://pkg-gnome.alioth.debian.org/debian/pool/g/gst-ffmpeg/gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg_.8.2-1_i386.deb].
-
-
See also:
-* AsSeenOnSlashdot:
[GStreamer - Where We Are and Where We Are Going | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5648]
-* The SlashDot article:
[The Full Story on GStreamer | http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/13/2043223]
+!
See also:
+* [GStreamer -
- Where We Are and Where We Are Going | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5648]
+* [The Full Story on GStreamer | http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/13/2043223]