On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 04:55:33 +0000 (UTC), Amadeus W. M. wrote > On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:16:44 -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 03:57 +0000, Amadeus W. M. wrote: > >> On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:53:42 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > >> > Greetings all; > >> > > >> > What can I replace totem with that will work? > >> > > >> > I'm plumb out of patience with its I can't play this messages that do not > >> > tell you what it can't play. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Cheers, Gene > >> > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > >> > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > >> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > >> > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above > >> > message by Gene Heskett are: > >> > Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > >> > > >> <snip> > Is this answer for me, or for the OP? > > How does recommending mplayer contradict what's being said in the > multimedia howto? It just states that totem does not play dvds > (which we know), and that if you want a worse player, install xine. > I'm not contradicting that, people should feel free to go with xine. > I use Xine, and it's played everything I've ever thrown at it. With the exception of encrypted AVI's. (Which I don't care much about). The only gripe I have with Xine is that, one is now unable to change the video brightness on video clips, as it's all greyed out.. Probably a Xinelib problem.. :-( Wolf -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
