On 20/04/10 04:39, James Richard Tyrer wrote: >> Anyone have recommendations or suggestions for an MP4 player? > > First, MP4 is called a container file format. In order to be able to > play an MP4 file, you need to have the codecs for the audio and video > which it contains. > > Personally, I prefer Xine and Kaffine, but the issue will be the same no > matter what you use. You need to install not only Xine but a bunch of > codec libraries as well as the Windows DLL files to be able to play all > AV formats. > I agree with what you say, I just wanted to add that I used to install a bunch of binary codecs (downloaded from the mplayer website?) but lately I find that xine (linked to a recent ffmpeg with lots of options enabled) can play everything I've tried it with. It's been more that a year since I've installed the binary blobs.
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