If installed from source with all codecs, MPlayer is by far the best for regular playback. Not to mention that dvd-nav support is also in experimental stages for it.

mplayer narrowly wins out over vlc, only because i can do so much more with it and the no gui(once i finally figured out how to use it). though vlc is a very close second because it is cross-platformed and doesn't required codecs.

I voted for Totem but actually I don't really like it...

In fact, I haven't found yet a 'decent' media player for GNU/Linux.

VLC because it plays everything I throw at it. Including the anime with weird codecs, without downloading extra stuff. Plus it works on multiple OSes, takes good DVD screencaps, and I can recommend it to everyone I know (including the Mac users).

VLC dear it can play almost all of my videos.

Mplayer will play almost everything that you throw at it. Also use Real Player.

mplayer ,xo far it hasnt failed yet:)

vlc - all the way

i miss Codeine...

Why exactly is Gstreamer on the list? It isn't a media player. It's a media framework. Not a media player. Totem is a media player that USES Gstreamer for instance.

i have only used totem. so i back totem:o

Kaffeine... I also use sometimes Mplayer but I just don't like it...

Some real intellect exhibited here on these polls.... Totem is the best but you've never even used anything else.... Perhaps you should expand your field of experience and comparison a bit before voting it,or anything else, as "best".

xine is great, but I have to say that VLC has worked the best without any extra work/configuration for me.

Kaffeine is my preferred video media player app, but VLC is pretty cool as well.