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05-05-2006, 03:10 PM
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Totem - Good Media Player?
I wanted to know what you guys think of Totem as a media player for Linux/Gnome? I find multimedia is a PITA on Linux and we have 100 apps all fighting to do the same basic function. Totem is working great so far on this new Linux system but it came with Gnome/Debian so I wanted to get some feedback from you guys. I guess since it works great for me I should not even bother but I like to get opinions before I go through and install a codec pack to watch .wmv files.
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05-05-2006, 03:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlwill
I wanted to know what you guys think of Totem as a media player for Linux/Gnome? I find multimedia is a PITA on Linux and we have 100 apps all fighting to do the same basic function. Totem is working great so far on this new Linux system but it came with Gnome/Debian so I wanted to get some feedback from you guys. I guess since it works great for me I should not even bother but I like to get opinions before I go through and install a codec pack to watch .wmv files.
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Well it seems to work OK for me, though by choice I prefer mplayer. Yes, I did install all the various win32 codecs etc and that all seems to work fine.
Of course, you could always install 2 or 3 different ones and see which you prefer ?
regards
John
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05-05-2006, 05:19 PM
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Mplayer has a clumsy control bar that is seperate of the media window and I hate when I close one video and then open a new one, Mplayer forgets the size of my last session & also positions it somewhere other than where I had it. Totem I can size the window to an exact size...watch a video (MPEG) and then close it and click another MPEG and it reopens in the same window size and position on my desktop. Not to mention the controls don't take up 2 slots on the windows tray. Those or just my annoyances with Mplayer but it does seem to be the prefered media player by most. Just not me.
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05-05-2006, 06:53 PM
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Hello,
I don't like Totem at all. I am not sure if there is anything particularly wrong with it, I just don't like it.
For audio, I use XMMS or RealPlayer for GUI or if on the console (I'm there alot) I use various programs like mpg321, ogg123, mp3blaster, etc.
For video, I usually use MPlayer.
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05-05-2006, 07:00 PM
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Yes, Mplayer seems to be the prefered but as you can tell from the above why I don't care for Mplayer. I love XMMS.
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05-07-2006, 07:34 PM
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Hello,
If you love XMMS, why not try XMMPlayer. XMMPlayer is an input plugin for XMMS that uses mplayer to play video files.
It can be found at:
http://thegraveyard.org/xmmplayer.php
I hope that this helps.
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11-03-2006, 01:44 PM
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I installed xmmplayer in Xubuntu and Fedora 4, but both of them do not work. Xmms simply freezes and not message at the terminal is left.
How did you configure the plugin?
What did you set at the entry path to Mplayer?
Julian
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11-03-2006, 02:31 PM
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MPlayer is THE media player for Linux. Period.
First of all, MPlayer is primarily a command line player with an experimental GUI. So, you won't really know what it's real power is until you try it at the command line. For example, try
Code:
mplayer somefile.avi -autoq 6 -vf spp -af volnorm,extrastereo
and then play the same file on ANY other media player, and then come back and post again. We'll talk then  And these are just the basic options! MPlayer has extremely powerful post processing filters built-in, which can really improve audio/video quality.
Secondly, MPlayer is a movie player. Although it can play audio files, (and all the other media formats out there), that's not it's recommended usage. That said, I would like to add that you haven't really heard music if you haven't used MPlayer's extrastereo audio filter yet. And if your souncard supports 48kHz output and Alsa drivers, MPlayer will automatically resample audio to 48kHz, which, when coupled with the extrastereo filter, actually puts things like "SRS Wow Effects" to shame! So, to play a media file, use
Code:
mplayer somefile.mp3 -af volnorm,extrastereo,lavcresample=48000
Then, about Totem - it's a good, lean media player based on Xine-lib. Actually, there are 2 totems. One's based on GStreamer, and the other on Xine-lib. The former is shipped with distro's like Fedora, and to play videos with that, you need something like gstreamer-plugins or something. It's easier to just install xine-lib and totem-xine. One thing about totem is that it has a movie thumbnailer for nautilus, which displays thumbnails for videos. For KDE, I like to use mplayerthumbs, and since it uses KIO (I think) the thumbnails show up in other KDE applications too (Gwenview, DigiKam, Dolphin etc).
About multimedia on Linux - try playing a standard MP4 video (H.264, AAC) on MPlayer and then on Windows. Usually, on Windows, you have to install a whole bunch of programs or codec packs to play formats which are more or less de-facto today, and even then you can't play very high bitrate media unless you have a fairly decent computer. Windows, by default, plays MP3, MPEG, ASF, and .... and .... well, that's just about it.
Here's a list of Video codecs supported by MPlayer :
Code:
Available video codecs:
vc: vfm: status: info: [lib/dll]
ffkmvc ffmpeg problems ffkmvc [kmvc]
ffzmbv ffmpeg working FFmpeg Zip Motion-Block Video [zmbv]
zmbv vfw working Zip Motion-Block Video [zmbv.dll]
mpegpes mpegpes working MPEG-PES output (.mpg or DXR3/DVB card)
mpeg12 libmpeg2 working MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)
ffmpeg1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-1 [mpeg1video]
ffmpeg2 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-2 [mpeg2video]
ffmpeg12 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 [mpegvideo]
ffmpeg12mc ffmpeg problems FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 (XvMC) [mpegvideo_xvmc]
ffnuv ffmpeg working NuppelVideo [nuv]
nuv nuv working NuppelVideo
ffpng ffmpeg working FFmpeg PNG decoder [png]
mpng mpng working PNG image decoder [libpng]
mtga mtga working TGA image decoder
sgi sgi working SGI image decoder
ffindeo3 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 [indeo3]
fffli ffmpeg working Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation [flic]
ffaasc ffmpeg working Autodesk RLE decoder [aasc]
ffloco ffmpeg working LOCO video decoder [loco]
ffqtrle ffmpeg working QuickTime Animation (RLE) [qtrle]
ffrpza ffmpeg working QuickTime Apple Video [rpza]
ffsmc ffmpeg working Apple Graphics (SMC) codec [smc]
ff8bps ffmpeg working Planar RGB (Photoshop) [8bps]
ffcyuv ffmpeg working Creative YUV (libavcodec) [cyuv]
ffmsrle ffmpeg working Microsoft RLE [msrle]
ffroqvideo ffmpeg working Id RoQ File Video Decoder [roqvideo]
lzo lzo working LZO compressed [liblzo]
theora theora working Theora (free, reworked VP3) [libtheora]
cram vfw problems Microsoft Video 1 [msvidc32.dll]
ffcvid ffmpeg working Cinepak Video (native codec) [cinepak]
cvidvfw vfw working Cinepak Video [iccvid.dll]
huffyuv vfw problems HuffYUV [huffyuv.dll]
ffvideo1 ffmpeg working Microsoft Video 1 (native codec) [msvideo1]
ffmszh ffmpeg working AVImszh (native codec) [mszh]
ffzlib ffmpeg working AVIzlib (native codec) [zlib]
cvidxa xanim problems XAnim's Radius Cinepak Video [vid_cvid.xa]
ffhuffyuv ffmpeg working FFmpeg HuffYUV [huffyuv]
ffv1 ffmpeg working FFV1 (lossless codec) [ffv1]
ffsnow ffmpeg working FFSNOW (Michael's wavelet codec) [snow]
ffasv1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg ASUS V1 [asv1]
ffasv2 ffmpeg working FFmpeg ASUS V2 [asv2]
ffvcr1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg ATI VCR1 [vcr1]
ffcljr ffmpeg working FFmpeg Cirrus Logic AccuPak (CLJR) [cljr]
ffsvq1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Sorenson Video v1 (SVQ1) [svq1]
ff4xm ffmpeg working FFmpeg 4XM video [4xm]
ffvixl ffmpeg working Miro/Pinnacle VideoXL codec [xl]
ffqtdrw ffmpeg working QuickDraw native decoder [qdraw]
ffindeo2 ffmpeg working Indeo 2 native decoder [indeo2]
ffflv ffmpeg working FFmpeg Flash video [flv]
fffsv ffmpeg working FFmpeg Flash Screen video [flashsv]
ffdivx ffmpeg working FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) [msmpeg4]
ffmp42 ffmpeg working FFmpeg M$ MPEG-4 v2 [msmpeg4v2]
ffmp41 ffmpeg working FFmpeg M$ MPEG-4 v1 [msmpeg4v1]
ffwmv1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg M$ WMV1/WMV7 [wmv1]
ffwmv2 ffmpeg problems FFmpeg M$ WMV2/WMV8 [wmv2]
ffwmv3 ffmpeg crashing FFmpeg M$ WMV3/WMV9 [wmv3]
ffh264 ffmpeg working FFmpeg H.264 [h264]
ffsvq3 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Sorenson Video v3 (SVQ3) [svq3]
ffodivx ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG-4 [mpeg4]
ffwv1f ffmpeg working WV1F MPEG-4 [mpeg4]
xvid xvid working XviD (MPEG-4) [libxvidcore.a]
odivx odivx working OpenDivX API (ODIVX,DIVX4,DIVX5,XVID) [libdivxdecore.so]
divx4 divx4 working DivX4Linux API (DIVX4,DIVX5,XVID) [libdivxdecore.so]
divx4vfw vfw problems DivX4Windows-VFW [divx.dll]
divxds dshow working DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) [divx_c32.ax]
divx vfw working DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) [divxc32.dll]
mpeg4ds dshow working Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2 [mpg4ds32.ax]
mpeg4 vfw working Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2 [mpg4c32.dll]
wmv8 dshow working Windows Media Video 8 [wmv8ds32.ax]
wmv7 dshow working Windows Media Video 7 [wmvds32.ax]
wmv9dmo dmo working Windows Media Video 9 DMO [wmv9dmod.dll]
wmvdmo dmo working Windows Media Video DMO [wmvdmod.dll]
wmvadmo dmo working Windows Media Video Adv DMO [wmvadvd.dll]
wmvvc1dmo dmo working Windows Media Video (VC-1) Advanced Profile Decoder [wvc1dmod.dll]
wmsdmod dmo working Windows Media Screen Codec 2 [wmsdmod.dll]
ubmp4 vfw problems UB Video MPEG-4 [ubvmp4d.dll]
zrmjpeg zrmjpeg problems Zoran MJPEG passthrough
ffmjpeg ffmpeg working FFmpeg MJPEG decoder [mjpeg]
ffmjpegb ffmpeg working FFmpeg MJPEG-B decoder [mjpegb]
ijpg ijpg working Independent JPEG Group's codec [libjpeg]
m3jpeg vfw working Morgan Motion JPEG Codec [m3jpeg32.dll]
mjpeg vfw working MainConcept Motion JPEG [mcmjpg32.dll]
avid vfw working AVID Motion JPEG [AvidAVICodec.dll]
LEAD vfw working LEAD (M)JPEG [LCodcCMP.dll]
imagepower vfw problems ImagePower MJPEG2000 [jp2avi.dll]
m3jpeg2k vfw working Morgan MJPEG2000 [m3jp2k32.dll]
m3jpegds dshow crashing Morgan MJPEG [m3jpegdec.ax]
pegasusm vfw crashing Pegasus Motion JPEG [pvmjpg21.dll]
pegasusl vfw crashing Pegasus lossless JPEG [pvljpg20.dll]
pegasusmwv vfw crashing Pegasus Motion Wavelet 2000 [pvwv220.dll]
vivo vfw working Vivo H.263 [ivvideo.dll]
u263 dshow working UB Video H.263/H.263+/H.263++ Decoder [ubv263d+.ax]
i263 vfw working I263 [i263_32.drv]
ffi263 ffmpeg working FFmpeg I263 decoder [h263i]
ffh263 ffmpeg working FFmpeg H.263+ decoder [h263]
ffzygo ffmpeg untested FFmpeg ZyGo [h263]
h263xa xanim crashing XAnim's CCITT H.263 [vid_h263.xa]
ffh261 ffmpeg working CCITT H.261 [h261]
h261xa xanim problems XAnim's CCITT H.261 [vid_h261.xa]
m261 vfw untested M261 [msh261.drv]
indeo5ds dshow working Intel Indeo 5 [ir50_32.dll]
indeo5 vfwex working Intel Indeo 5 [ir50_32.dll]
indeo4 vfw working Intel Indeo 4.1 [ir41_32.dll]
indeo3 vfwex working Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 [ir32_32.dll]
indeo5xa xanim working XAnim's Intel Indeo 5 [vid_iv50.xa]
indeo4xa xanim working XAnim's Intel Indeo 4.1 [vid_iv41.xa]
indeo3xa xanim working XAnim's Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 [vid_iv32.xa]
qdv dshow working Sony Digital Video (DV) [qdv.dll]
ffdv ffmpeg working FFmpeg DV decoder [dvvideo]
libdv libdv working Raw DV decoder (libdv) [libdv.so.2]
mcdv vfw working MainConcept DV Codec [mcdvd_32.dll]
3ivXxa xanim working XAnim's 3ivx Delta 3.5 plugin [vid_3ivX.xa]
3ivX dshow crashing 3ivx Delta 3.5 [3ivxdmo.dll]
rv3040 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 10 RV30/40 decoder [drvc.so]
rv40 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder [drv4.so.6.0]
rv40win realvid working Win32 RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder [drv43260.dll]
rv40mac realvid working Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder [drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc]
rv30 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 8 RV30 decoder [drv3.so.6.0]
rv30win realvid working Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV30 decoder [drv33260.dll]
rv30mac realvid working Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV30 decoder [drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc]
ffrv20 ffmpeg working FFmpeg RV20 decoder [rv20]
rv20 realvid working Linux RealPlayer 8 RV20 decoder [drv2.so.6.0]
rv20win realvid working Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV20 decoder [drv23260.dll]
rv20mac realvid working Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV20 decoder [drv2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drv2]
ffrv10 ffmpeg working FFmpeg RV10 decoder [rv10]
alpary dshow working Alparysoft lossless codec dshow [aslcodec_dshow.dll]
alpary2 vfw working Alparysoft lossless codec vfw [aslcodec_vfw.dll]
LEADMW20 dshow working Lead CMW wavelet 2.0 [LCODCCMW2E.dll]
ffvp3 ffmpeg untested FFmpeg VP3 [vp3]
fftheora ffmpeg untested FFmpeg Theora [theora]
vp3 vfwex working On2 Open Source VP3 Codec [vp31vfw.dll]
vp4 vfwex working On2 VP4 Personal Codec [vp4vfw.dll]
vp5 vfwex working On2 VP5 Personal Codec [vp5vfw.dll]
vp6 vfwex working On2 VP6 Personal Codec [vp6vfw.dll]
vp7 vfwex working On2 VP7 Personal Codec [vp7vfw.dll]
mwv1 vfw working Motion Wavelets [icmw_32.dll]
asv2 vfw working ASUS V2 [asusasv2.dll]
asv1 vfw working ASUS V1 [asusasvd.dll]
ffultimotion ffmpeg working IBM Ultimotion native decoder [ultimotion]
ultimotion vfw working IBM Ultimotion [ultimo.dll]
mss1 dshow working Windows Screen Video [msscds32.ax]
ucod vfw working UCOD-ClearVideo [clrviddd.dll]
vcr2 vfw working ATI VCR-2 [ativcr2.dll]
CJPG vfw working CJPG [CtWbJpg.DLL]
ffduck ffmpeg working Duck Truemotion1 [truemotion1]
fftm20 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Duck/On2 TrueMotion 2.0 [truemotion2]
tm20 dshow working TrueMotion 2.0 [tm20dec.ax]
ffsp5x ffmpeg working SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam [sp5x]
sp5x vfw working SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam [sp5x_32.dll]
vivd2 vfw working SoftMedia ViVD V2 codec VfW [ViVD2.dll]
winx vfwex working Winnov Videum winx codec [wnvwinx.dll]
ffwnv1 ffmpeg working FFmpeg wnv1 native codec [wnv1]
wnv1 vfwex working Winnov Videum wnv1 codec [wnvplay1.dll]
vdom vfw working VDOWave codec [vdowave.drv]
lsv vfw working Vianet Lsvx Video Decoder [lsvxdec.dll]
vmnc vfw working VMware video [vmnc.dll]
ffsmkvid ffmpeg working FFmpeg Smacker Video [smackvid]
qt3ivx qtvideo working win32/quicktime 3IV1 (3ivx) decoder [3ivx Delta 3.5.qtx]
qtavui qtvideo working Win32/QuickTime Avid Meridien Uncompressed [AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx]
qth263 qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime H.263 decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtrlerpza qtvideo crashing Win32/Quicktime RLE/RPZA decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtvp3 qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime VP3 decoder [On2_VP3.qtx]
qtzygo qtvideo problems win32/quicktime ZyGo decoder [ZyGoVideo.qtx]
qtbhiv qtvideo untested Win32/QuickTime BeHereiVideo decoder [BeHereiVideo.qtx]
qtcvid qtvideo working Win32/QuickTime Cinepak decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtindeo qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime Indeo decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtmjpeg qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime MJPEG decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtmpeg4 qtvideo crashing Win32/QuickTime MPEG-4 decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtsvq3 qtvideo working Win32/QuickTime SVQ3 decoder [QuickTimeEssentials.qtx]
qtsvq1 qtvideo problems Win32/QuickTime SVQ1 decoder [QuickTime.qts]
vsslight vfw working VSS Codec Light [vsslight.dll]
vssh264 dshow working VSS H.264 New [vsshdsd.dll]
vssh264old vfw working VSS H.264 Old [vssh264.dll]
vsswlt vfw working VSS Wavelet Video Codec [vsswlt.dll]
zlib vfw working AVIzlib [avizlib.dll]
mszh vfw working AVImszh [avimszh.dll]
alaris vfwex crashing Alaris VideoGramPiX [vgpix32d.dll]
vcr1 vfw crashing ATI VCR-1 [ativcr1.dll]
pim1 vfw crashing Pinnacle Hardware MPEG-1 [pclepim1.dll]
qpeg vfw working Q-Team's QPEG (www.q-team.de) [qpeg32.dll]
rricm vfw crashing rricm [rricm.dll]
ffcamtasia ffmpeg working TechSmith Camtasia Screen Codec (native) [camtasia]
camtasia vfw working TechSmith Camtasia Screen Codec [tsccvid.dll]
ffcamstudio ffmpeg working CamStudio Screen Codec [camstudio]
fraps vfw working FRAPS: Realtime Video Capture [frapsvid.dll]
rawrgb32 raw working RAW RGB32
rawrgb24 raw working RAW RGB24
rawrgb16 raw working RAW RGB16
rawbgr32flip raw working RAW BGR32
rawbgr32 raw working RAW BGR32
rawbgr24flip raw working RAW BGR24
rawbgr24 raw working RAW BGR24
rawbgr16flip raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr16 raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr15flip raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr15 raw working RAW BGR15
rawbgr8flip raw working RAW BGR8
rawbgr8 raw working RAW BGR8
rawbgr1 raw working RAW BGR1
rawyuy2 raw working RAW YUY2
rawuyvy raw working RAW UYVY
raw444P raw working RAW 444P
raw422P raw working RAW 422P
rawyv12 raw working RAW YV12
rawnv21 hmblck working RAW NV21
rawnv12 hmblck working RAW NV12
rawhm12 hmblck working RAW HM12
rawi420 raw working RAW I420
rawyvu9 raw working RAW YVU9
rawy800 raw working RAW Y8/Y800
null null crashing NULL codec (no decoding!)
Here's a list of audio codecs supported by MPlayer (invoked by mplayer -ac help)
Code:
Available audio codecs:
ac: afm: status: info: [lib/dll]
wma9dmo dmo working Windows Media Audio 9 DMO [wma9dmod.dll]
wmadmo dmo working Windows Media Audio DMO [wmadmod.dll]
wma9spdmo dmo working Windows Media Audio 9 Speech DMO [wmspdmod.dll]
wma9spdshow dshow problems Windows Media Audio 9 Speech DShow [wmavds32.ax]
ffqdm2 ffmpeg working FFmpeg QDM2 audio decoder [qdm2]
qdmc qtaudio working QuickTime QDMC/QDM2 audio decoders [QuickTime.qts]
qclp qtaudio working QuickTime QCLP audio decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtmace3 qtaudio working QuickTime MACE3 audio decoder [QuickTime.qts]
qtmace6 qtaudio working QuickTime MACE6 audio decoder [QuickTime.qts]
ffra144 ffmpeg working FFmpeg RealAudio 1.0 [real_144]
ffra288 ffmpeg working FFmpeg RealAudio 2.0 [real_288]
ffcook ffmpeg working FFmpeg COOK audio decoder [cook]
ra144 realaud working RealAudio 1.0 [14_4.so.6.0]
ra144win realaud working Win32 RealAudio 1.0 [14_43260.dll]
ra144mac realaud working Mac OS X RealAudio 1.0 [14_4.shlb]
ra288 realaud working RealAudio 2.0 [28_8.so.6.0]
ra288win realaud working Win32 RealAudio 2.0 [28_83260.dll]
ra288mac realaud working Mac OS X RealAudio 2.0 [28_8.shlb]
ra10cook realaud working RealPlayer 10 COOK audio [cook.so]
racook realaud working RealAudio COOK [cook.so.6.0]
racookwin realaud working Win32 RealAudio COOK [cook3260.dll]
racookmac realaud working Mac OS X RealAudio COOK [cook.bundle/Contents/MacOS/cook]
rasipr realaud working RealAudio Sipro [sipr.so.6.0]
rasiprwin realaud working Win32 RealAudio Sipro [sipr3260.dll]
rasiprmac realaud working Mac OS X RealAudio Sipro [sipr.bundle/Contents/MacOS/sipr]
raatrc realaud working RealAudio ATRAC3 [atrc.so.6.0]
raatrcwin realaud working Win32 RealAudio ATRAC3 [atrc3260.dll]
raatrcmac realaud working Mac OS X RealAudio ATRAC3 [atrc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/atrc]
imaadpcm imaadpcm working IMA ADPCM
msadpcm msadpcm working MS ADPCM
dk4adpcm imaadpcm working Duck DK4 ADPCM (rogue format number)
dk3adpcm dk3adpcm working Duck DK3 ADPCM (rogue format number)
ffroqaudio ffmpeg working Id RoQ File Audio Decoder [roq_dpcm]
ffsmkaud ffmpeg problems FFmpeg Smacker Audio [smackaud]
libdv libdv working raw DV audio decoder (libdv) [libdv.so.2]
ffdv ffmpeg working FFmpeg DV audio decoder [dvaudio]
faad faad working FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) decoder [libfaad2]
ffflac ffmpeg working FFmpeg FLAC audio decoder [flac]
ffalac ffmpeg working FFmpeg ALAC audio decoder [alac]
pcm pcm working Uncompressed PCM
divx acm working DivX audio (WMA) [divxa32.acm]
msadpcmacm acm working MS ADPCM [msadp32.acm]
mp3 mp3lib working mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3
ffpcmdaud ffmpeg untested D-Cinema audio (FFmpeg) [pcm_s24daud]
ffwmav1 ffmpeg untested DivX audio v1 (FFmpeg) [wmav1]
ffwmav2 ffmpeg untested DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg) [wmav2]
ffmac3 ffmpeg untested Macintosh Audio Compression and Expansion 3:1 [mace3]
ffmac6 ffmpeg untested Macintosh Audio Compression and Expansion 6:1 [mace6]
ffsonic ffmpeg untested FFmpeg Sonic [sonic]
ffmp3on4 ffmpeg working FFmpeg Multi-channel MPEG layer-3 on MP4 audio decoder [mp3on4]
ffmp3 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG layer-3 audio decoder [mp3]
ffmp3adu ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG layer-3 adu audio decoder [mp3adu]
ffmp2 ffmpeg working FFmpeg MPEG layer-1 and layer-2 audio decoder [mp2]
mad libmad working libMAD MPEG layer 1-2-3 [libmad]
mp3acm acm working MPEG layer-3 [l3codeca.acm]
imaadpcmacm acm working IMA ADPCM [imaadp32.acm]
msgsm msgsm working MS GSM
msgsmacm acm working MS GSM [msgsm32.acm]
msnaudio acm working MSN AUDIO [msnaudio.acm]
alaw alaw working aLaw
ulaw alaw working uLaw
dvdpcm dvdpcm working Uncompressed DVD/VOB LPCM
a52 liba52 working AC3-liba52 [liba52]
ac3 libac3 working AC3-libac3 [libac3]
ffdts ffmpeg working DTS [dts]
musepack mpcdec working Musepack audio codec
ffamrnb ffmpeg working AMR Narrowband [amr_nb]
ffamrwb ffmpeg working AMR Wideband [amr_wb]
ffadcpmswf ffmpeg working FFmpeg's ADPCM Flash-variant [adpcm_swf]
voxware dshow working VoxWare [voxmsdec.ax]
acelp dshow working ACELP.net Sipro Lab Audio Decoder [acelpdec.ax]
imc acm working Intel Music Coder [imc32.acm]
iac25 acm working Indeo audio [iac25_32.ax]
ffctadp32 ffmpeg working Creative ADPCM native codec [adpcm_ct]
ctadp32 acm working Creative ADPCM codec [ctadp32.acm]
sc4 acm working SC4 : Micronas speech codec (ADPCM, MPman recording) [mi-sc4.acm]
hwac3 hwac3 working AC3 through S/PDIF
hwdts hwac3 working DTS through S/PDIF
vorbis libvorbis working OggVorbis Audio Decoder [libvorbis]
ffvorbis ffmpeg working FFmpeg Vorbis decoder [vorbis]
speex speex working Speex Audio Decoder [speex]
vivoaudio acm working Vivo G.723/Siren Audio Codec [vivog723.acm]
g72x g72x crashing G.711/G.721/G.723 [g72x.c]
ffg726 ffmpeg working Sharp G.726 Audio [g726]
g726 acm untested Sharp G.726 Audio [scg726.acm]
atrac3 acm problems Sony ATRAC3 [atrac3.acm]
ALF2 acm working ALF2 [alf2cd.acm]
fftruespeech ffmpeg working FFmpeg TrueSpeech [truespeech]
truespeech acm working DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) [tssoft32.acm]
voxwarert24 acm working VoxWare RT24 speech codec [nsrt2432.acm]
lhacm acm working Lernout & Hauspie CELP and SBC codecs [lhacm.acm]
TwinVQ vqf working VQF codec by NTTLabs [tvqdec.dll]
hwmpa hwmpa working MPEG audio pass-through for hardware MPEG decoders
By the way, there's an experimental codec caled Sonic, and the audio quality at low bitrates is amazing! How did I come across it, you ask? MPlayer can encode and play it, and I just tried it out. By the way, MPlayer comes with an encoder, the Mencoder, which is lightening fast, and you will be amazed at what it can do.
To rip a vcd :
Code:
mplayer vcd:// -dumpstream
To encode it :
Code:
mencoder stream.dump -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=h263p:acodec=sonic:vbitrate=768:abitrate=48 -o encoded-video.avi
I'm sorry, I forgot the topic of the post completely! So, you were saying, multimedia on Linux is what now?
// Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel, luckily.
Last edited by DJ Shaji; 11-03-2006 at 02:35 PM.
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11-05-2006, 02:59 AM
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Personally, I like totem about the best. It's interface is simple, clean, and has all the functions that I really care about. Mplayer has really good performance, but there is alot of times that I don't feel like running videos from a command line interface. Mplayer works super if what you're doing fits initiating from the CLI (some tasks are well suited for this), but I've found that the graphical front ends available for it tend to leave something to be desired. Most seem to be rather incomplete projects, and of the more complete ones, they seem to be skin based most often (skins are the dumbest and most gimmicky thing ever IMHO). I hate skin based programs since they're all about looking pretty at the expense of being functionally retarded.
So my current opinion is that totem is about the best and most practical player for Linux that I have found. I've messed with many and totem seems to be about the only one that doesn't irritate me or suck IMO. Some of the ones for KDE may be pretty good though (probably are), but I run with gnome so I'm not real sure how players fair on the KDE front.
If you're more of gnome person, you're probably going to be hard pressed to beat totem if you want a decent gui based player. Of course, don't take my word for it. If in any doubt, try out a bunch. That's what Linux is all about.
Totem isn't without it's share of warts. Just like everything else, it does have a few issues. Like sometimes mine will act weird after playing .wmv files. It will quit open and close, but won't do anything. It ends up taking having to log out and back in, or restarting X to get it working right again. I have a feeling this is probably less of the fault of totem as much as it's plain and simple the issue trying to use it with a proprietary codec (closed system means unknown secrets and issues can't ever truely be nipped in the bud). It seems like using these win32 codec libraries tends to bring some of window's quirkiness to Linux. I just write it off as such and figure it's the price of having to deal with crappy Microsoft video formats. Ideally more people would embrace open standards when they encode and then we could all be completely rid of the plague that is MS's mediocre garbage.
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11-05-2006, 04:37 AM
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When I use GNOME, I prefer Totem as my media player because if you install the version that uses the Xine backend, you can play any type of multimedia file as long as you have the right codecs. You also get good integration with the rest of the GNOME desktop. XMMS doesn't fit in with the rest of the desktop because it uses and older gkt toolkit, so if I want an mp3 player only, I use BMP or BMPx which are XMMS like clones but use gtk2 instead of gtk1.x. BMPx also has a library feature which is not available in XMMS. MPlayer is also good and will play any type of multimedia file, but I do not like its GUI interface.
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03-24-2007, 06:24 AM
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MPlayer
I'm definately with DJ Shaji on this one,
MPlayer is awesome!
I'm a recent Linux convert and already I'm using it to backup, encode and play my DVDs!
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