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| Newer page: | version 10 | Last edited on Friday, July 1, 2005 11:57:25 am | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
| Older page: | version 9 | Last edited on Friday, June 17, 2005 4:25:11 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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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]'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 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.
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_0.8.2-1_i386.deb].
