[Bug 78985] Re: Make totem-xine the default for totem

[mangar]

gstreamer's deficiencies in comparison to xine are not limited to dvd
playback:

1. playing streaming media doesn't work as well as xine
   (especially wmv streaming media) - in many cases - not at           
   all - this is a huge issue.

2. playback of corrupted/partial files is very cpu intensive.
3. subtitles support is partial (more of a totem issue).

someday, gstreamer will be as good as xine, mplayer, or vlc;
for the time being, please provide the end-user the best possible solution available today, and when gstreamer will be mature enough, than consider adding it back to ubuntu stack - gstreamer have been in ubuntu for several releases now, and haven't improved yet.

note:
mplayer seems to have the best success ratio at playing streaming media, rather than gstreamer or xine.

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Make totem-xine the default for totem
https://launchpad.net/bugs/78985