On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 01:42 +0000, Simon Wears wrote: > The only issue I've got with Ubuntu is the media player selection. I'm > trying to find a nice media player (preferably GTK, and very > preferably not mono) but I'm having a hard time - specifically because > I'd like one that supports video podcasts. I've tried a few, but I've > not really been to happy, including: > > * RythmBox - Great simple music player, but I can't get video > podcasts, which is the major letdown. > > * Banshee - I liked this because it wwas very similar to > Rythmbox, but I can get video podcasts. I however had a few > bugs using it, such as when I clicked 'Skip track' on the > notification box for Now Playing, it opened my dropbox, and I > never understood why. Also, after a few episodes, podcasts > stop downloading / being readable, by which I mean they either > failed to download, or they downloaded, and Banshee decided > they were corrupted. After deleting and retrying, it still > happaned. > > * Amarok - Amarok 1.4 is my favourite media player, but no > video support. Amarok 2, although it has video support, was a > big let-down for me, and I really don't like the new > interface. Also, after subscribing to a podcast in it, it > didn't seem to want to download anything reguardless of what I > did. > I'm sure there's one out there, but I can't find it. Anyone know of > one that may make me happy? > > Cheers, > > -- > Simon Wears > > munkyju...@gmail.com | http://MunkyJunky.com > Manchester Metropolitan University Computing Student
Hi Simon, Have you tried Miro (http://www.getmiro.com/ )? I find it rather heavy going for my aging Athlon XP system, but it should be ok on more modern machines. It's built with XULRunner, so it share many similarities to Firefox and other Mozilla derivatives. Regards, Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
