On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 11:57 +0100, Andrew Benton wrote:
> 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
> every
On 20 April 2010 02:50, Mike McCarty wrote:
> I've read through the BLFS sections related to video, but am still
> uncertain how to proceed toward the goal of playing MP4 (so called)
> format files.
In addition to what has already been suggested -
These days, I prefer totem (using gstreamer), b
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 pre
On 04/19/10 18:50, Mike McCarty wrote:
> I've read through the BLFS sections related to video, but am still
> uncertain how to proceed toward the goal of playing MP4 (so called)
> format files. It looks like MPLAYER may be the way to go. I have
> an older XINE which I installed some time back, but
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Mike McCarty
wrote:
> I've read through the BLFS sections related to video, but am still
> uncertain how to proceed toward the goal of playing MP4 (so called)
> format files. It looks like MPLAYER may be the way to go. I have
> an older XINE which I installed some
I've read through the BLFS sections related to video, but am still
uncertain how to proceed toward the goal of playing MP4 (so called)
format files. It looks like MPLAYER may be the way to go. I have
an older XINE which I installed some time back, but it doesn't seem
to be able to handle those.
An
