Xine
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xine is a outdated stand-alone media-player and multimeida library (xine-lib) which used to the back-end for numerous GNU/Linux media players. It was also used for things like video file preview in KDE file dialog boxes. Xine has not been updated since 2007.
Alternatives[edit]
| Program | rating | framework | backend | highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celluloid | 
|
GTK | mpv | Has a playlist. Otherwise very limited. |
| GNOME Videos | 
|
GTK/GNOME | GStreamer | Useless GUI, problems playing a lot of files |
| mpv | 
|
libmpv | On-screen controls. No playlist, no GUI. Plays everything. | |
| Parole |
|
GTK | GStreamer | Very basic media player. No features what so ever. |
| SMPlayer |
|
Qt | mpv | Fully featured. Playlist, advanced playback options, easy to use. |
| VLC |
|
libvlc | Fully featured. Playlist, advanced playback options, video conversion, live stream recording |
