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Differences between version 11 and predecessor to the previous major change of Totem.

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Newer page:	version 11	Last edited on Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:09:24 pm	by CraigBox	Revert
Older page:	version 10	Last edited on Friday, July 1, 2005 11:57:25 am	by IanMcDonald	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|http://www.gnome .org/projects /totem/ ] is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment. It 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.

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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]'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].