Which is the best media player in Linux?

[mehulved]

Video Player: Totem Xine, VLC is good enough but has compatibility issue with Beryl.

Did anyone of you try changing video output to OpenGL?
Settings=>Video=>Output Modules=>(select advanced options)=>Video Output module OpenGL.
For me VLC works fine otherwise too.

 

[Gigacore]

ubuntu rocks!

 

[amitava82]

surely it does.. glad to know that you got your hand on Ubuntu feisty. I like your sig BTW...

 

[Gigacore]

thanks @ amitava

 

[Kiran.dks]

Did anyone of you try changing video output to OpenGL?
Settings=>Video=>Output Modules=>(select advanced options)=>Video Output module OpenGL.
For me VLC works fine otherwise too.

I tried it too. In this case, VLC itself crashes when I open any video file.
Option X11 video plays well, but it is pixelated.

Everything playes well if I shut off Beryl. It is actually a bug discovered in Beryl. Here is the ticket#1874 open for that bug.
I am not sure how is it playing well in your case. Did you try it in Ubuntu or Gentoo?

 

[eddie]

The problem exists only with Intel driver and afaik mehul is using NVIDIA graphics card.

 

[Gigacore]

Eddie help me da.... please see this *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58503

 

[amitava82]

I have intel GM. VLC crashes if i use OpenGL and Video is pixcelated if i use X11 as kiran said... MPlayer works Great.

 

[kaustav_geek]

VLC is slightly buggy esp with .flv movies... Mplayer works just fine.

@ALL

How do we adjust the Colour, contrast etc in mplayer and totem , if at all it can be done...

 

[eddie]

People who are facing problems with both VLC and Mplayer should look at Kaffeine...probably the best Xine based Video player.

For changing contrast, brigntness, hue and saturation in mplayer, use following shortcuts

              1 and 2
                   Adjust contrast.
              3 and 4
                   Adjust brightness.
              5 and 6
                   Adjust hue.
              7 and 8
                   Adjust saturation.

Read "man mplayer" for more info.