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swoll1980
August 28th, 2008, 02:12 AM
Anyone know? Are there any that don't?
mrgnash
August 28th, 2008, 02:20 AM
They require it for mencoder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder).

Why don't you want to install mplayer? It rocks.
swoll1980
August 28th, 2008, 02:24 AM
They require it for mencoder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder).

Why don't you want to install mplayer? It rocks.

No I like the totem movie player I feel like I'm bloating my computer if I have to install a media player that I will never use. Is there no way around this?
zachtib
August 28th, 2008, 02:29 AM
No I like the totem movie player I feel like I'm bloating my computer if I have to install a media player that I will never use. Is there no way around this?

you can usually install mplayer-nox
klange
August 28th, 2008, 02:33 AM
I believe it's mplayer-nogui (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/mplayer-nogui).
LaRoza
August 28th, 2008, 02:39 AM
Anyone know? Are there any that don't?

Most programs are not built from the ground up. Web browsers, multimedia apps, and image apps almost always use another backend for rendering and display/playing media.
stmiller
August 28th, 2008, 02:39 AM
Watch a dvd in ASCII with mplayer. :) It is pretty cool, actually.