Media Players
Media Player :
The media player is the software on the client computer that decompresses the streaming video or audio using a codec and plays it back on the computer screen. The media player can be used as a stand alone application or embedded in a Web page to create a video application interacting with HTML content.
From :www.wdvl.com/Multimedia/Windows_Media/terms.html
xine
xine is a free GNU General Public License (GPL) licensed video player for Unix-like systems. It supports many popular video and audio formats.
xine plays the video and audio data of the stream and synchronises the playback of both. Depending on the properties of the stream, playback will need more or less processor power. Full frame rate for MPEG 2 has been seen on a 400 MHz PII system.
xine can play Video CDs, SVCDs and DVDs directly. Unfortunately the legal status of encrypted/locked DVD playback is uncertain in some countries so we cannot include any DVD unlock/decrypt code with xine. To play back such DVDs you'll need external programs or a special xine plugin. More details can be found in the Playing DVDs section.
xine tries to be simple to use and effective. No bells and whistles are being developed at this time. The primary aim is to achieve good playback of video.
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