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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:08:02 +0100
From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: mplayer vs xine
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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 ?