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| Newer page: | version 9 | Last edited on Friday, June 17, 2005 4:25:11 pm | by JohnMcPherson | 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
] will become
the [GNOME] MediaPlayer of choice come 2
.6
, when
[GStreamer] hits 1
..
+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].
+
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]
