Which Totem?

[Mario Vukelic]

On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 16:13 -0400, Rick wrote:
> I been hearing about problems with Totem using gstreamer as a engine,
> compare to using Totem with xine engine... I Notice that Totem with
> gstreamer is installed... what the final word on this, 

I can't speak a final word, but I'd say that gstreamer is the better
choice by now. Codecs are automatically installed as needed, and their
implementations are legal as far as possible.

The xine backend needs the w32codecs package to play all the restricted
formats, whose legality, to my knowledge, is more complicated. They
often are, but it depends on your specific situation.
For w32codecs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

> would the Totem with xine engine be better in playing more types of
> video with few problems

Personally, I install vlc and gxine/xine for the event that
totem-gstreamer has problems but I can't even remember when I really
needed it (though the players themselves have neat features that are
sometimes helpful).

Oh, and totem-gstreamer can't show DVD menus, so you'll likely want use
something else for those.

As final as it gets is probably here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats