Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:08:02 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Jacob S <stormspotter@6texans.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mplayer vs xine Message-ID: <ef60af090502041408149c7dc6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050204154404.63c82ade@jacob.6texans.net> References: <ef60af0905020413327499d846@mail.gmail.com> <20050204154404.63c82ade@jacob.6texans.net>
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:44:04 -0600, Jacob S <stormspotter@6texans.net> wrote: > On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:32:06 +0100 > Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > > > So who do you like the most and why ? > > I like mplayer for cli stuff and xine for gui. Mainly because the cli > stuff I do is downloading and converting streams from wma/rm to > wav/ogg/mp3, etc. and I use the gui for watching videos and such. > > Xine won't do the stream conversion that mplayer can, from what I have > seen. And I prefer the layout of the controls on Xine better than > Mplayer. > > Just my $0.02. YMMV. > > HTH, > Jacob Is there not a mplayer fork for a better gui ?
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