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View Poll Results: which graphical media player do you use?
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xmms
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13 |
32.50% |
mplayer
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19 |
47.50% |
other
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2 |
5.00% |
Xine
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6 |
15.00% |
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07-20-2003, 11:51 PM
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#1
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London
Posts: 548
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which media player do you use?
hehe...not meaning to start some kinda war, i'm just curious. I think those are the big two, if anyone want me to add, lemme know..
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07-20-2003, 11:58 PM
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#2
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2002
Location: In an Igloo in Wisconsin
Distribution: Suse 10.0
Posts: 11
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I use Xine for Video and Xmms for music. :P
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07-21-2003, 12:00 AM
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#3
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Member
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Plains
Distribution: Slackware 13
Posts: 465
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Xine for video and Kaboodle for music.
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07-21-2003, 12:02 AM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London
Posts: 548
Original Poster
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okie dokie...looks like i'm slightly oversighted - could a mod add those please 
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07-21-2003, 12:24 AM
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#5
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Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: /home/BillyGoatStrut
Distribution: Ubuntu, Debian "Sarge", Mac OS X
Posts: 110
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I'm still a newb, but I'm impressed with the things mplayer and the mplayerplug-in can do!!
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07-21-2003, 12:57 AM
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#6
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2001
Posts: 24,149
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I have a feeling most will use two different programs, one for music and one for videos and there are many not listed in that poll.
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07-21-2003, 02:10 AM
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#7
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Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 144
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Im still a newb and for some reason I cant' get mplayer or mplayer plug-in to do anything. I figured if I clicked on a vid link that one would start up automatically, but it don't. I get "mplayer loading" and then nothing. Would be nice to figure what and how to make it work better. I also have xine installed but not sure how to use that either.
For music I use xmms and listen to Shoutcast.com 60 & 70's music.
FX
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07-21-2003, 02:19 AM
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#8
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Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Tampa, Florida
Distribution: Mint 17.2 ,OpenSuse, Kali and Pepermint OS 6
Posts: 276
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I use xmms for Music and Mplayer for Video files
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07-21-2003, 03:47 PM
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#9
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: London
Posts: 548
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ah well.....looks like I made a slight oversight and didn't realise that people might use more than one media player for different purposes - never mind 
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07-21-2003, 04:00 PM
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#10
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Montreal, Canada
Distribution: Slackware; Debian; Gentoo...
Posts: 2,163
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mplayer ROCKS
I never seen an as good movie player, even in winbloze world. it support EVERYTHING. These mplayer coders are amazing!!!
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07-22-2003, 07:57 PM
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#11
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Plymouth, England.
Distribution: Mostly Debian based systems
Posts: 4,368
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xmms for playing mp3/ogg files in the background, mplayer for everything else.
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07-22-2003, 08:02 PM
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#12
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Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 90
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mplayer for movies/dvd's
xmms for music
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07-22-2003, 11:04 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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xine and xmms pour moi 
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07-22-2003, 11:36 PM
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#14
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Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Winnipeg
Distribution: Suse 9.3 Pro
Posts: 404
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Mplayer for everything but music is XMMS
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07-23-2003, 12:06 AM
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#15
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Member
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Cambridge, Ohio, USA
Distribution: Slackware 11.0, FreeBSD 6.2
Posts: 98
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I use XINE for everything (both video and audio, that is).
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