On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Brett Williams <<a href="mailto:vipersbt@gmail.com">vipersbt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
When I first started using MythTV is was using the default mplayer for playing my videos, then later I switched to the Internal player. Both seem to work fine, is there really a difference? Is one better than another? </blockquote>
<div><br>If you've tried both and can't see a difference then it doesn't really matter which one you use does it?<br>
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Personally I use the internal player if I can because it integrates better: it
provides the same interface and capabilities when watching videos as
you get when watching tv. It may be possible to set mplayer up so it's
pretty seemless, but you'll have to do some work. And even then I'm not
sure if mplayer supports stuff like timestretch. If I have something
with a container or codec that the internal player can't handle then I
use mplayer. It may be more efficent for HD so if you're having problems with HD material in the internal player it might be worth a try.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Is there an even better choice?<br clear="all"><font color="#888888">
</font></blockquote></div><br>There other common option is Xine. It used to be better for dvds as it had better support for dvd menus, but the internal player has pretty much caught up in that department. mplayer didn't have any support for dvd menus when I last tried it - don't know if it has improved since. But again, if you can't see a difference between mplayer and Internal then I doubt Xine will do much for you.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br>