Considering Totem instead Gxine

Jani Monoses jani at ubuntu.com
Fri Sep 14 14:17:13 UTC 2007


> Anyway, I think if Gstreamer is already pulled in and also has the 
> codecs installation dialog, it is the preferred choice. But then again, 
> I never play DVD's, so I'm a bit biased and I don't know exactly what's 
> wrong with playing DVD's with Gstreamer.

I think playing works but subtitles and menus do not.
> 
> The biggest objection I have against Totem is that it is labelled "Totem 
> Movie Player" while it is actually also the default for music files, so 
> it's actually a "Media Player", but well...
> 

Ubuntu has rhythmbox for music, I suppose that's the reason

Jani





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