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Differences between version 10 and predecessor to the previous major change of Totem.

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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 8	Last edited on Saturday, February 7, 2004 9:54:37 pm	by AristotlePagaltzis	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.

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+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] .

-~~[Totem] will become the [GNOME] MediaPlayer of choice come 2.6, when [GStreamer] hits 1.0.~~