> From: Robert Glueck > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:46 PM <...>
> You wanted some feedback on which media players play which > formats in Debian Sarge. I just ran a couple of tests on > my media players using common media formats. Here are the > results: > > mov avi wmv rm mpg mp3 > Xine yes yes yes no yes yes > VLC vid only yes yes no yes yes > Mplayer vid only yes yes no yes yes > RealPlayer no no no yes no yes > > With mov, MPlayer produced the error message "needs codec > for audio format 0x324D4451". Perhaps the same codec is > what's needed for VLC, too. I'll see if I can find it > somewhere. > > Versions installed: > > Xine 0.99.3 > MPlayer 1.0cvs > VLC 0.8.2-svn > RealPlayer 10.0.6.776 (Gold) for Linux Minor update to Bob's fine summary: VLC 0.8.4 plays .mov files with both audio and video (at least under Win2K, I assume the Linux version is the same) -- Seth Goodman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]