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Old 10-14-2007, 01:16 PM   #1
frenchn00b
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Is there an ultimate video media player ?


The wishes:

- that has brightness changes support
- a shell that from command line that can change volume, playlist up/down, and most important BRIGHTNESS UP/DoWN
- a embedded selection that it excludes the files from the playlist that it cannot be read due to crap format and do not message OK like totem ! just skip it
- that can support subtitles with larger fonts
- that has a clean playlist (with big fonts would be prefered)
- that supports lirc
- that supports xinerama where ever the mouse is located : right or left screen
- that works well (gmplayer hangs on vo ouput, files ... even. gxine displays OK when it cannot read it)
- that can save the settings from the program-shell
- do not crash ! (vlc media player crash as hell (stable debian))
- and that can Volume UP /volume DOWN that is only for the software, and independant of the PCM (like totem with up / down key for isntance)


thanks if you have any ideas ...

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Old 10-14-2007, 02:17 PM   #2
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I really do not know if it meets all your requirements, but mplayer is the best video player ever (both in Unix and Windows worlds). Don't use the gui, cause it can't implement all the abilities which mplayer has.
 
Old 10-14-2007, 03:08 PM   #3
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I really do not know if it meets all your requirements, but mplayer is the best video player ever (both in Unix and Windows worlds). Don't use the gui, cause it can't implement all the abilities which mplayer has.
You are damn right but hte problem is that mplayer cannot handle brightness +1
(gmplayer can but is pretty buggy and hangs on difficult format)

maybe could be fixing mplayer bug.

some lirc for mplayer:
Code:
############################MPLAYER###################################
#
###########################
#         mplayer         #
###########################

begin
        button = Screen
        prog = mplayer
        config = vo_fullscreen
end


begin
	prog   = mplayer
	button = ESC
	repeat = 2
	config = brightness -5
end

begin
	prog   = mplayer
	button = Stop
	repeat = 2
	config = brightness +5
end

begin
        prog = mplayer
        button = Menu
        config = osd
end

begin
        button = Pause
        prog = mplayer
        config = pause
end

begin
        button = Rewind
        prog = mplayer
        config = seek -15
        repeat = 2
end
begin
        button = Forward
        prog = mplayer
        config = seek +15
        repeat = 2
end
begin
        button = Left
        prog = mplayer
        config = seek -60
        repeat = 2
end
begin
        button = Right
        prog = mplayer
        config = seek +60
        repeat = 2
end
begin
        button = Next
        prog = mplayer
        config = pt_step 1
end
begin
        button = Previous
        prog = mplayer
        config = pt_step -1
end
begin
        button = dvd_stop
        prog = mplayer
        config = seek 0 1\npause
end
begin
        button = dvd_zoom
        prog = mplayer
        config = quit
end
begin
        button = Quit
        prog = mplayer
        config = quit
end

--
MPLAYER IS THE KING ;-)
 
Old 10-14-2007, 04:36 PM   #4
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Maybe try one of the many other gui frontends for mplayer. Smplayer seems to be in strong developement and works very well.

Brian
 
Old 10-15-2007, 03:43 AM   #5
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I also suggest mplayer; mplayer is kind of a the browser in the group of media players which first of all simply plays the media file and is _very_ tolerant if it comes to the actual quality of encoding.

But I never use the GUI.

And what do you mean with "mplayer can't change brightness +1"?
 
Old 10-15-2007, 12:56 PM   #6
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I also suggest mplayer; mplayer is kind of a the browser in the group of media players which first of all simply plays the media file and is _very_ tolerant if it comes to the actual quality of encoding.

But I never use the GUI.

And what do you mean with "mplayer can't change brightness +1"?
yeap, with lirc ... give it a try with you lirc remote controller.
yiou may find above the .lircrc with that ...

thks
 
  


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