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[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. 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]. 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]
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