Favorite F/OSS media player?

bluesword1969 · 12-09-2010, 12:04 PM

Post your favorite if it doesn't exist in the poll.

Remember, media player usually covers audio and video.

Thanks!

H_TeXMeX_H · 12-09-2010, 12:13 PM

I use mplayer, and rarely xine.

bluesword1969 · 12-09-2010, 12:17 PM

Please be kind and vote.

Thank you H_TeXMeX_H.

Nylex · 12-09-2010, 12:40 PM

I use VLC for video and Audacious for audio.

honeybadger · 12-09-2010, 12:43 PM

Even I prefer media players that do not use too much resourses - I use mp3blaster and even pogo for audio. Xine is another one of the better video players but I must say vlc player here as it has the capacity to play anything thrown at it. I do not use the _latest_ version though. I prefer the default one that comes with debian 0.8.6. The bleeding edge vlc player is run as windows executable in wine

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the trooper · 12-09-2010, 12:48 PM

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I use VLC for video and Audacious for audio.

Same here.

f3nr1c · 12-09-2010, 02:17 PM

For videos, MPlayer, or more specifically, Gnome MPlayer. Never had a problem with it so far on any of my setups, and it plays everything I throw at it.

For audio, I use Rhythmbox. I'm not really a huge music lover, so it does everything I need. I tend to listen to audio-books (.m4b) more than music, but I'm not aware of an app that would handle them any better than RB.

DavidMcCann · 12-10-2010, 11:21 AM

I bet nobody suggests Totem! Parole is one I only found the other day, and it's not bad, but Gnome MPlayer is my usual.

bluesword1969 · 12-13-2010, 12:37 PM

MPlayer in the lead. Very interesting.

MTK358 · 12-13-2010, 12:57 PM

I like VLC, mostly because I have never come across a format it won't play.

mlangdn · 12-13-2010, 01:51 PM

I use VLC almost exclusively. I did use amarok only for audio, but VLC seems to cover all the bases for me.

frieza · 12-13-2010, 03:40 PM

vlc/mplayer for video xmms for audio

ravi.xolve · 12-14-2010, 07:11 AM

mplayer does all the job with very neat keyboard controls. So there is no need of any other player.

bluesword1969 · 12-14-2010, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ravi.xolve

mplayer does all the job with very neat keyboard controls. So there is no need of any other player.

One of the most fun aspects of the popular players is that you don't need to build a GUI around them.

VLC seems to have taken the lead.

frankbell · 12-14-2010, 09:36 PM

Actually, I like Totem. I've found it very stable and reliable, moreso than Xine.

Nevertheless, I've found myself making VLC the default on my computers because of its versatility.