Media Players

vitalsigns · #1 2008-09-04, 15:01

I'm running Ubuntu Hardy and I'm just wandering what media player people prefer. I've always run winamp on my Windows machines. Is there anything better available in linux? suggestions?

villageillness · #2 2008-09-04, 15:44

Well, I guess you can try any of these for Video.

http://www.linuxsoft.cz/en/sw_list.php?id_kategory=18

or these for Audio.

http://www.linuxsoft.cz/en/sw_list.php?id_kategory=14

For Video I use to use mplayer, but I think the default that comes with ubuntu is totem,which I think is a frontend based up xine/gstreamer,

I now use VLC, remember VLC on windows?..it was pretty good, it plays everything and anything.

For audio I use to use xmms, which was pretty damn good, I would say. I don't have it currently installed as haven't really got around to it.

As far as customization and features goes, I'm not sure which is the "best", as i really haven't put much thought to it, because I don't really watch Videos or listen to Audio on my computer.

vitalsigns · #3 2008-09-04, 15:58

Thanks, I've installed VLC and I quite like it for Video! I'm now trying out Amarok. It looks pretty good from the front end so far. we'll see!

Howard.Stern · #4 2008-09-07, 03:20

Amarok is great for Music libraries. As for video, I would recommend either VLC or Mplayer.

If you want good DVD playback, get Ogle, as VLC and Mplayer both give me menu issues.

Prometheum · #5 2008-09-07, 15:06

I just use Totem (the Ubuntu default) for watching movies, and Rhythmbox (also the Ubuntu default) for music. They just do everything I need, and they interact with my remote quite nicely.

I use VLC mostly for transcoding and streaming. It's a great utility that way. I'll also use mplayer on occasion in scripts.

Kamisama · #6 2008-09-08, 01:14

I'm liking mplayer.
Vlc is pretty good, too.
I started with VLC but moved toward Xine, xmms, and mplayer.

VLC in Ubuntu pissed me off because a person had to build from source in order to get a VLC version that downloaded radio streams. That just pissed me off after a while, because I kept having a hell of a time getting a VLC version to compile from source. There were dependencies left and right; I decided to say fuck it and find an alternative.

01 · #7 2008-10-02, 01:24

Exaile for audio.
VLC for video.

CosmicZombie · #8 2008-10-02, 01:26

VLC is a good one

fined_mind · #9 2008-10-02, 08:44

Mplayer + SMPlayer + mplayerplug-in = all you need for multimedia.

RAOVQ · #10 2008-10-03, 02:50

Amarok.

That is one of the big reasons i kept using linux after i installed it. It is just awesome and does everything you want and nothing you don't want.

It's KDE, and some people get a bit anal about mixing gnome and KDE, but they are wrong.

Heres a picture of it, but there are millions of skins out there:
http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amarokmu4.png