[CS-FSLUG] Media playing moans...

[David]

On Sunday 30 October 2005 17:41, .mash wrote:
> Evening
>
> I have just started to get really annoyed with Linux and that has not
> happened in ages. My gripe is media playing. I know we coverd the this
> earlier on but this has less  to do with formats but more to do with
> the applications themselves. At the moment on my Debian system I am
> running VLC for .MOV, .MPEG, .AVI, and the odd .WMA, if it can't play
> the .WMA then Mplayer comes in. I then also use Realplayer to play .rm
> .ram.
> All audio I use XMMS.
>
> My problem is poor playing quality !
>
> I run an old IBM X20 laptop which is a P3 700 with a 4MB Graphics card.
> Playing DVD/Movie files in any quality varies all the time. It appears
> to be related to sound.I am running ALSA which I have taken for
> granted as best to use but the DVD and most videos are always
> stuttering. I just have to swap around the programs to play the
> DVD/Movie file intill one plays it well enough without the stutters.
> It is sometimes just random, for instance last night I had to download
> Totem to play my DVD as everything else appeared to be too slow to handle
> it.
>
> My questions...
>
> What do you most of you use as a movie player /media player ?

I use Amarok for music and Kaffeine with the mplayer plugins for movies with 
ALL formats including .WMA, .AVI, RM etc on a FC 4 installation.
localhost.localdomainI
> What would you recommend for a low spec machine ?
> Also is there something I need to setup concerning ALSA to optimize
> playback performance ?
>
> I believe VLC is the most complete media player but it is annoying that
> there is not just one player out there that does everything well.

I beg to differ. Check out Amarok, you'll be suprised. :)

> Or am I just being greedy ?