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[deancicca]

[farang]

I've been able to play all audio stuff on Kaffeine just downloading the files from XN which this forum has told me to download.

For the same reason I can play all video files with Kaffeine except .asf and some .wmvs. This would appear to be pretty good coverage to me.

regards

farang
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[ranran]

I tried all the steps given and still nada. Then I went into MPLAYER config (the wrench on the remote, or whatever it's supposed to look like) and under CODECS I selected the W32 ones and bingo...now things work perfectly.

Thanks folks.

[jpp-zoso]

[davidalun]

A1 - I'd suggest amaroK (the latest versions are very impressive IMHO)
A2 - Kaffeine
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[TGBaker]

[Chaotic Thought]

I use MPlayer and Kaffeine. One thing that Kaffeine lacks is an OSD. When I use MPlayer, I can do everything while in full-screen mode by using the keyboard commands (display the track time on the OSD, change subtitles, skip back/forth, etc), but in Kaffeine, many operations can only be performed by cancelling the full-screen mode and using the menus.

[farenheit]

I use amaroK but used to use XMMS. XMMS is still OK, but as was said earlier, its functionality is about WinAMP 2.X level and with no media library at all it makes handling large collections very difficult. amaroKs functionality is much improved and I am now starting to appreciate it even above WinAMP 5 (which I still use when in XP gaming). Things like the queue manager, smart playlists etc really make it the better app for handling large collections of music.

For video, that depends. I use Xine for DVD as it "looks like PowerDVD" which I am familiar with and it just works as far as I am concerned. Otherwise for watching stupid web clips or "funny" clips etc I use Noatunn because it loads so much more quickly.

Yes the Linux RealPlayer is appalling, but so is the Windows one! Blame RealNetworks for that. If they spent as much time developing decent software as they did on lawsuits and adding advertising and spyware "features", then I am sure RealPlayer would be much better *cough*

[woodsmoke]

Andrew,
I made the great mistake of allowing realplayer to infect my windoze machine when I first got on the net and spent days trying to get it's tentacles out of the system.

I always used mplayer or something like that because I got so tired of Media Player always assuming that I was waiting with bated breath to be hooked by an I.V. to media players site.... and the playlist way of doing things was just, to my simple brain, much to convoluted to get it to work. When I realized that I was almost completely working with mpegs for educational use, showing them in powerpoint, I just dropped the piece of trash and used mplayer.

I use media stuff so little that I was astounded to hear that MS had acquired RealPlayer!

That is one of the reasons I've kept the Winbox.

I had kind of assumed that getting some kind of media player thingy to work in Xandros would require a bunch of commands, which at my stage of life, being older than dirt, I really don't have time for.

But, the thread has reinvigorated me and I'll give it all a try this weekend.

good on!

ain't XANDROS great!
woodsmoke
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[robin]

Regarding the previous thread or argument between davidalum and deancicca I have to say I agree with everything deancicca said.

I it is depressing having a look at the Xandros forums after a few months to see not much has changed. Multimedia, especially music is still horrible and pathetic on Linux, and the Linux community still doesn't get it. By "it" I mean what the point of computers is.

I think I mentioned it once before but it bears repeating: with friends like davidalum, Linux doesn't need enemies. I think davidalum has probably sent more people running away from Xandros and Linux than any other single thing.

[jpp-zoso]

[deancicca]

I do agree that it doesn't take much to download the codecs. That wasn't the point of my comment. I also would not mind paying a little extra even to M$ to get ALL the codecs M$ has to make sure that all forms of media work within the media player (media player of your choice).

I do believe M$ will continue to allow Linspire to distribute their codecs with a fee because for as greedy as M$ might be they see that things are changing and that this will be one of the ways to make additional revenue. Like it or not you are going to have to pay for things in this world. No matter how much you want open source to stay free, which it is for the most part. It is going to cost some money if you wish to be able to get the most out of your computer.

I have no problem paying someone or a corporation a reasonable fee for software. I don't care if it is something I can compile and reprogram myself. I don't want to do it. You are paying for time and effort. They are doing things you would rather not do. Not everyone in the Linux community wishes to learn computer programming, Linux itself has gone mainstream and like it or not the landscape has changed, Which always begs me to ask the question that if people are so intent on getting things for free, compiling and all the other reprogramming why are you using Xandros?

[jpp-zoso]

[deancicca]

What responses, sarcastism. Notice I didn't see anything to back up your original claims agreeing with David. Nothing not one.

Typical response from some like you. You and David have alot in common.

And you didn't fully read and/or comprehend about the codecs. I didn't say ALL codecs on the market, just M$'s codecs. So before commenting with smart remarks, I suggest you actually get your facts straight on what your commenting on. Having a problem I suggest rereading several times to comprehend.

And since you are going to ignore, I have to point out you took considerable amount of time responding with absolutely no substance to your responses. But that is par for the course on this forum with people such as yourself when all else fails just be sarcastic. Why actually add something meaningful to the conversation. Why actually stick to facts and reality.

[davidalun]