Video player with various format support

[linux_getsetgo]

I am new to Suse and am currently using Suse10.2...Please give me the Url to download some player which could support various formats...because currently neither Kaffeine nor the Real Player plays any video file.

[daark.child]

Take a look at this article for some tips. Basically you need to setup the Packman repository for openSUSE 10.2 and install the various xine libraries and codecs needed by Kaffeine and you should be able to play most media types.

[svzard]

Try VLC Media Player. VideoLAN - Free and Open Source software and video streaming solutions for every OS!

It plays all sorts of files. It is available for most of the OSes. Source is also available for any custom compilation.

It doesnot have a glossy GUI like other players (may be we can have it by tweaking the skins), but it 'just works'.

[bigtomrodney]

On the VLC/VideoLAN issue : I just want to chime in on this. A lot of new users go this route because they used VLC on Windows and because it quickly allows them to watch their formats. However I personally think the better approach is to install the correct ffmpeg/mplayer/xine codecs as this will allow ALL of your applications to function correctly. Let's not forget that VLC is using the code from ffmpeg/mplayer in their product anyway.

VLC is an excellent player and I always recommend it for Windows but for Linux you're better off going the codec route.

[svzard]

Let's not forget that VLC is using the code from ffmpeg/mplayer in their product anyway.

Didn't know that.
In Ubuntu its so easy to install codecs. Debian seemed to have all codecs which I wanted except for the .DAT format. But I found installing codecs in fedora/centos difficult. VLC is such a seductive alternative in such cases. Anyway will take note of what you have said and follow it in the future. And then, tweaking is so much fun provided we have time...