Media Players

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

Richard wrote:
> Well, it been along weekend, and I must say my Ubuntu setup, got
> beaten by a Windows Vista setup.
>   
When discussing this with my user group I point out again and again that 
the lack of support for popular multimedia options on Ubuntu is what is 
holding it back from really taking off more than it has.  Only a certain 
demographic of users is getting into Ubuntu Linux but the real target 
audience is your Average Joe user who is "computer stupid".  They will 
not want to jump through the necessary hoops to get commercial DVD and 
MP3 playback working on Ubuntu when in their mind it should already be 
working out of the box the way it does on Windows.  This needs to be 
forcefully addressed with all the might that the community and Mr. 
Shuttleworthl can muster.
> Let me explain, when playing  downloaded video from the net or DVD
> the video quality and sound quality just knock me over..
> "I did try NOT to show any emotional content"
>
> Jerry, was not using Windows Media Player, ( he said it su_ks)
> he was using this player call KMplayer for windows (freeware)
>
> Link:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KMPlayer
>   
I absolutely LOVE KMPlayer on Windows.  I use it exclusively for 
watching downloaded videos and its a pretty descent DVD player also.  I 
tried getting it to run under WINE but its got problems.
>
> I spent all day Monday and Today,
> trying to get close to what I saw using that player
> so far Totem nor xine, nor mplayer nor vlc can do it.
>
> The funny thing is that we both have the same systems,
> expect he got the 30" monitor while I got the 24" HD monitor.
>
> I did see he play some anime, saved in .mkv format and mp4,
> saw some .ogm formats too. saw some 1080p trailers played yikes!
>
> This apps, has more adjustments then all three mention above.
> Boy, this would be a very nice App for Linux (whish list)
>   
I used VLC before switching to KMPlayer under Windows.  Its developed in 
S. Korea, they have an English language  forum for the application so 
perhaps you should go there and make a request for a Linux port.  
KMPlayer can output to OpenGL so it should be perfect for running under 
Compiz Fusion with GLX installed.
> Thought I would throw this out to see, if ANY video guru's out there
> can help linux save some face.
That is admirable.  Does anyone here have one of those Dell systems with 
Ubuntu?  How good is the media player and DVD software they install on 
those rigs?

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