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Man. "xine" is a name I haven't heard for many years. Wonder how many people are still using it. As as university student in 2006, fast internet access was a s

by anta40 4y ago

Man. "xine" is a name I haven't heard for many years. Wonder how many people are still using it. As as university student in 2006, fast internet access was a still relatively pricey thing. I already knew how to do basic things in Debian, and would have similar Linux experience at home. Surpsingly, Slackware (3 CDs at that time) provided all the apps (C compiler, LaTeX etc) needed for doing homework. And of course, a multimedia player called "xine" was bundled. Playing all the ripped videos wasn't problem at all. I assume the development was practically halted years ago and no fork? Update: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xine/files/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/xine/files/ Oh it's still alive :)

muyuu 4y ago
Xine, mplayer, divx, xvid, etc these things were a lot more temporary than I anticipated, but it does make sense when you take into account the competitive advantage of newer codecs, hardware acceleration, etc. And of course the death of the CD-R and the DVD in the mainstream.
- M_bara 4y ago
  Brings back memories… along with skinning XMMS. Good times
  - deleted 4y ago
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- AlecSchueler 4y ago
  I still use MPlayer every day. I thought it had similar traction with Linux users as vlc.
  - t-3 4y ago
    It's been superseded by mpv.
    - anthk 4y ago
      You can have both. Mplayer2 it's lighter on older devices.
  - blensor 4y ago
    mplayer user here as well. Every time I start a video from the commandline I use mplayer.
- iotku 4y ago
  As far as I know mpv is descended from mplayer and still plays a pretty big part in the media player landscape these days.
  - mananaysiempre 4y ago
    And Celluloid (ex GNOME MPV) is a pretty snazzy GNOME wrapper for it.
- goldenpreppy8 4y ago
  Did any of you guys use Totem, Kaffeine? Man I just looked this up, XINE was integrated into these media players. Man i used those two alot back in the day. I was in college, so that means must of been like in 2001 or something...
  - anthk 4y ago
    Kaffeine for easy TV channel seeking.
  - doubled112 4y ago
    What a flashback! I don't miss the days of bouncing between media backends hoping one would play a media file better than another.
- Nux 4y ago
  I use mplayer almost every day, still. One of the constants in my life. :)
- TEP_KimIlSung 4y ago
  [dead]
goldenpreppy8 4y ago
Memories:) I remember Xine having a plug-in architecture, which would of allowed developers to add new features and functionality to the software and create "forks". Think its safe to assume it did many times since xine was open-source, under GNU General Public License.

by anta40 4y ago

muyuu 4y ago

Xine, mplayer, divx, xvid, etc these things were a lot more temporary than I anticipated, but it does make sense when you take into account the competitive advantage of newer codecs, hardware acceleration, etc. And of course the death of the CD-R and the DVD in the mainstream.

M_bara 4y ago
Brings back memories… along with skinning XMMS. Good times
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
AlecSchueler 4y ago
I still use MPlayer every day. I thought it had similar traction with Linux users as vlc.
- t-3 4y ago
  It's been superseded by mpv.
  - anthk 4y ago
    You can have both. Mplayer2 it's lighter on older devices.
- blensor 4y ago
  mplayer user here as well. Every time I start a video from the commandline I use mplayer.
iotku 4y ago
As far as I know mpv is descended from mplayer and still plays a pretty big part in the media player landscape these days.
- mananaysiempre 4y ago
  And Celluloid (ex GNOME MPV) is a pretty snazzy GNOME wrapper for it.
goldenpreppy8 4y ago
Did any of you guys use Totem, Kaffeine? Man I just looked this up, XINE was integrated into these media players. Man i used those two alot back in the day. I was in college, so that means must of been like in 2001 or something...
- anthk 4y ago
  Kaffeine for easy TV channel seeking.
- doubled112 4y ago
  What a flashback! I don't miss the days of bouncing between media backends hoping one would play a media file better than another.
Nux 4y ago
I use mplayer almost every day, still. One of the constants in my life. :)
TEP_KimIlSung 4y ago
[dead]

goldenpreppy8 4y ago

Memories:) I remember Xine having a plug-in architecture, which would of allowed developers to add new features and functionality to the software and create "forks". Think its safe to assume it did many times since xine was open-source, under GNU General Public License.