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[Totem|http://www.gnome.org/projects/totem/] is the official movie player of the [GNOME] DesktopEnvironment, and can use either the [Xine] or [GStreamer] libraries as a backend.

[Totem]'s major strength over other MediaPlayer~s is its sane [GUI]. Contrast [Xine], whose interface is such a disaster it should convince people that "skinning" is a huge misfeature. Trying 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, <tt>gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg</tt> 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:
* [GStreamer -- Where We Are and Where We Are Going | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5648]
* [The Full Story on GStreamer | http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/13/2043223]

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Last edited on Sunday, July 24, 2005 5:29:53 pm by AristotlePagaltzis

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