[NTLUG:Discuss] Media Players

[Rev. wRy]

On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 14:56, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Someone sent me a Windows Media Player link which I couldn't access 
> which caused me to do the research into Linux media players.  I found 
> AlsaPlayer, MPlayer, Xine, XMMS and it seems noaton also falls in this 
> category.  However, there seems to be an issue around front ends versus 
> players.  I understand the concept in general but which is what and is 
> there a better one to use versus a worse one?  Any input would be 
> appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> BTW, my main concern is playing media clips sent to me and CDs.  I'm 
> using Firefox.

Mplayerplug-in works fine for me in both Firefox & Galeon for .wmv
files.  It's a little (slight understatement) difficult to compile, but
easy to install if you use yum and I would assume apt-get.

XMMS is what I have always used for CDs/mp3s.

RW