91.23 Video Viewing

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All forms of video viewing are supported by Linux, including video files such as mov, avi, wmv, mpg, mkv, mp4, DVDs and SVCDs. Video players include totem, vlc, xine-ui, and mplayer, mplayer, mplayer.

totem is the default under Ubuntu. It will install packages for any codecs that are not already installed.

vlc is popular and supports resuming playing a video from the last played position. See Section 91.24 for details.

xine-ui is a multi-media viewer which comes with a skinned graphical user interface. Supported keyboard shortcuts include:

  g    gui         p    pause          f           full screen
  a    aspect      . ,  subtitles      + -         audio channel
  PgUp chapter     0-9  chapt %        <- -> Home  audio sync
  v V  volume      <>   enlarge        s           1:1 aspect

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