Am 02.06.2013 22:24, schrieb Jimmy Sjölund: > I'm back to using US 12.04 and Parole was not installed. I prefer Xine > because lukefromdc already wrote, it just works but both Parole and Totem > need the gstream-ffmpeg as well as other codecs to be downloaded just to > play my own iPhone recorded videos. While that's no issue for me I think > it's better for the new people trying out Ubuntu Studio to not have to > hassle with such things. > > Suggested packages: > gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg > The following NEW packages will be installed: > parole > > Perhaps these packages (or similar) are added automatically for later > releases? > > After all my years using different distributions Totem has been consistent > in causing trouble for several different video types I try to launch. Like > HZN I end up with mplayer and VLC, but to quickly check my own recorded > videos Xine does the trick.
Yeah, Xine is also a good, universal choice, though it is not on par with VLC and Mplayer anymore. > > /Jimmy > > > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Hartmut Noack <zettber...@linuxuse.de>wrote: > >> Am 02.06.2013 17:23, schrieb Len Ovens: >>> A few releases ago when we switched to xfce, we got the default Xubuntu >>> video player Parole. At the time we found Parole didn't know how to set >>> the aspect ratio and so we added totem instead. With the thought that it >>> was what most of Ubuntu used. Somehow we have ended up with Xine >> installed >>> as well.. probably it comes with some of the libs we use. >>> >>> In any case, for the past few releases totem seems not have worked for a >>> number of people. It crashes on startup. So it has been a good thing that >>> we had Xine as a backup :P >>> >>> In the mean time, Parole (like thunar) has been fixed and works on >>> anything I have tried it on. >>> >>> We should perhaps switch back to Parole, >> >> Most people, that want a videoplayer that works for more or less >> everything will end up with either Mplayer or VLC both work with Jack >> also both are needed for encoding/videoediting anyway. >> >> I understand, that they are a bit tooo skilled to be shipped with Ubuntu >> by default but anyway: most users will end up with one of the two >> because they are simply the best solutions.... >> >> So if you want the best for the user just install a script that >> recommends to install one of them. >> >> just my 2ct >> >> HZN >> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list >> Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel >> > > > -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
