What are the best multimedia programs?

[jsmidt]

I want to know which multimedia programs are the best. I have heard xmms for audio and either xine or vlc for video. Is this correct or are others better? Will any be released soon I should look for? Thanks :D

[Orunitia]

All about preference. I use Rhythmbox for music and xine for videos.

[23meg]

Instead of XMMS you may want to look at its GTK2 equivalent, Beep Media Player, and instead of xine you might prefer totem-xine which integrates xine as a backend to Totem. VLC and mplayer are good for video as well.

[Quartus]

foobar2000 with wine for music is perfect.

[xequence]

I really dont like xine-ui...

For gnome, rythmbox. For KDE, amaroK,

[majikstreet]

For music: beep-media-player or rhythmbox
For video: vlc or mplayer (gtk version :) )

[Malphas]

foobar2000 with wine for music is perfect.
+2

[DoeRayMe]

Gxine is good for audio/video

[phen]

amarok roks! :)

(on gnome, too!)

[denisesballs]

amarok roks! :)

(on gnome, too!)

Being a Gnome guy, I can't believe how long I went without realizing this. I usually hate KDE apps, but K3B and amaroK are way ahead of anything for Gnome. And they run fantastic natively.

The best apps are definitely amaroK for music and totem-xine for video, IMO of course.

[LorenzoD]

Music, Gnome: Muine
Music, KDE: JuK
Music, everywhere else: ogg123
Movies: VLC or mplayer

[poofyhairguy]

Muine, Banshee for music. Totem-xine for everything else.

[23meg]

Being a Gnome guy, I can't believe how long I went without realizing this. I usually hate KDE apps, but K3B and amaroK are way ahead of anything for Gnome. And they run fantastic natively.


Having discovered amaroK only today, I have to say I totally agree here; "Gnome people" like myself should come over their prejudices about KDE apps and just give amaroK a try. It's more advanced than anything I've come across for Gnome, and is yet simple to use and light for what it does.

[Lovechild]

Anything based on the wonderful GStreamer

[tanari]

QuodLibet for audio and tag editing
Totem-xine for video

[rpgcyco]

Music: MPD + GMPC
Video: Totem-xine

- Rpg Cyco

[Sirin]

I want to know which multimedia programs are the best. I have heard xmms for audio and either xine or vlc for video. Is this correct or are others better? Will any be released soon I should look for? Thanks :D

iTunes. But since it isn't supported... amaroK ;)

[bionnaki]

I use gxine for video
and
beep media player for music.

I have no need for all my
music to be cataloged by my player
or view album art.
I just want something that'll load
instantly & I can drag/drop album directories
into. bmp is great.

[super]

i bchoose my apps based heavily on how they look or how well they blend in with my desktop. with that said i use:

eclair = to play albums

rhythmbox = for all other audio

vlc with the skins2 interface = all video/dvds

mpd or xmms-shell = all audio when i'm not in gnome