xine
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Initial release | August 15, 2000 |
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Media player | |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later[1] |
Website | xine |
Stable release | 1.2.13 (January 5, 2023[±] | )
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Repository | sourceforge |
Website | xine |
Stable release | 0.99.14 (January 7, 2023[±] | )
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Preview release | none (n/a) [±] |
Repository | sourceforge |
Website | xine |
Stable release | 0.5.910 (December 28, 2017[±] | )
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Repository | sourceforge |
Website | xine |
Stable release | 1.0.2 (July 26, 2008[±] | )
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Repository | sourceforge |
Website | xine |
xine
History
xine was started in 2000 by Günter Bartsch shortly after LinuxTag. At that time playing DVDs in Linux was described as a tortuous process since one had to manually create audio and video named pipes and start their separated decoder processes.
Günter realized the OMS (Open Media System) or
During xine development, some effort was dedicated to making a clear separation of the player engine (xine-lib) and
Günter left the project in 2003 when he officially announced the new project leaders, Miguel Freitas, Michael Roitzsch, Mike Melanson, and Thibaut Mattern.[citation needed]
Supported media formats
- Physical media: CDs, DVDs, Video CDs[5]
- OGM, RealMedia
- Audio formats:
- WMV (partial, including WMV1, WMV2 and WMV3; via FFmpeg)
- Video devices: DVB, PVR
- Network protocols: RTSP
DVD issues
Since it is not a member of
Other issues
To prevent a screensaver from starting, xine sends a
Graphical user interface
The xine project offers graphical front-ends for xine, including one based on
xine backend
The shared library 'xine-lib' used and developed by xine is also used by other projects. For example, it can be used instead of
.See also
- List of codecs
- Open source codecs and containers
- Comparison of video codecs
- Comparison of audio coding formats
- Comparison of container formats
- Screencast
References
- ^ a b "the xine project - Features". xine-project.org. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- ^ "xine FAQ, How do I pronounce "xine"?". xine-project.org. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
- ^ "About xine". xine-project.org. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- ^ "The xine hacker's guide - Engine architecture and data flow". xine-project.org. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ "Xine(5) MRL Man Page". thelinuxblog.com. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ "the xine project - Download".