Program: MPlayer (was: mpg12play)
Author: Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)
Homepage: http://banki1.banki.hu/~arpi/MPlayer.html
File formats: MPG/VOB/BIN, AVI
Video Codecs: libmpeg2, Win32/VfW
Audio Codecs: mp3lib (mpg123), libac3, Win32/ACM
Video output: X11-Shm, Xv, DGA, fbdev, SDL, OpenGL, mga_vid, OpenDivX
Audio output: OSS
GUI type: console (seek/pause with keys)
The best player I've ever seen :)))
Program: AVIfile / aviplay
Author: Eugene Kuznetsov
Homepage: http://divx.euro.ru
File formats: AVI, ASF
Video Codecs: Win32/VfW
Audio Codecs: libac3 (optional), Win32/ACM
Video output: X11/Shm/Xv, SDL
GUI type: X11 using Qt 2.1.x/2.2.x
AVI file player and recorder(!), worth to see!
Also has beta ASF support.
Program: LiViD / OMS
Author: Matthew R. Pavlovich.
Homepage: http://www.linuxvideo.org
File formats: VOB
Video Codecs: libmpeg2
Audio Codecs: libac3, mpg123
Video output: X11/Shm/Xv, SDL
Audio output: OSS, esd, wav
GUI type: X11 using GTK (with skins)
Very nice (at least the screenshots) DVD player for linux.
Unfortunately I couldn't get it to work yet.
Program: mpeg2dec
Author: Aaron Holtzman and Michel Lespinasse (walken)
Homepage: http://www.linuxvideo.org/mpeg2dec
File formats: VOB, MPG
Video Codecs: libmpeg2
Audio Codecs: -
Video output: X11/Shm/Xv, OpenGL, mga_vid, SDL(?)
GUI type: commandline
Test player program for the libmpeg2 codec.
The codec itself is lowlevel optimized for MMX/3Dnow/SSE,
while has mpeg1 and mpeg2 standars conformance.
Program: XMPS
Author: Damien Chavarria
Homepage: http://xmps.sourceforge.net
File formats: FLI/FLX, MPG, AVI
Video Codecs: smpeg, libmpeg3, Win32/VfW
Audio Codecs: libac3/libmpeg3, mpg123
Video output: X11, SDL, OpenGL
Audio output: SDL (OSS/esd)
GUI type: X11, gnome or skinned GTK
Nice try, but very alpha/unstable yet.
Program: xine
Author: Guenter Bartsch
Homepage: http://xine.sourceforge.net
File formats: MPG, VOB
Video Codecs: libmpeg2
Audio Codecs: libac3, libmpg123
Video output: X11 with XShm or Xv
Audio output: OSS?
GUI type: X11, skinned
Simple but working, usable player.
Program: dvdview
Author: Dirk Farin
Homepage: http://rachmaninoff.ti.uni-mannheim.de/dvdview/
File formats: MPG, VOB
Video Codecs: dvdview (C++)
Audio Codecs: -
Video output: X11, mga_vid
GUI type: console, commandline
It's more like a codec library than a player. BTW it has high
image quality, and well-designed C++ API.
The player has option for display motion vectors and macroblocks.
Program: xmovie
Author: Adam Williams
Homepage: http://www.heroinewarrior.com
File formats: MPG, VOB
Video Codecs: libmpeg3 (mpeg 1/2)
Audio Codecs: libmpeg3 (mpeg,ac3,pcm)
Video output: X11/Xv
Audio output: OSS
GUI type: X11, very nice gui (gtk???)
It's the first player using libmpeg3 codecs.
The only problem is its bad image quality.
BTW it has the nicest GUI I've ever seen.
Program: mtv
Author: MpegTV
Homepage: http://www.mpegtv.com
File formats: MPG (mpeg-1 only)
Video Codecs: mtvp
Video output: X11/SDL
Audio output: OSS
GUI type: simple X11 (xforms)
This is the old commercial mpeg player for linux.
Program: VideoLAN
Author: VideoLAN team
Homepage: http://www.videolan.org
File formats: VOB
Video Codecs: built-in
Audio Codecs: built-in
Video output: X11, mga_vid, glide, ggi, fb
Audio output: OSS, esd
GUI type: X11, gnome
This player was designed for mpeg-2 streaming over LAN.
Program: LAMP
Author: Fabrice Le Fessant
Homepage: http://http://pauillac.inria.fr/lamp
File formats: MPG, AVI, .mov/.qt
Video Codecs: SMPEG, avifile, xanim, libmpeg3/libmpeg2
Audio Codecs: ???
Video output: XShm, DGA, Xv
Audio output: OSS?
GUI type: none (keyboard controlled)
I've never tried.
Program: Xtheater
Author: Jarrod Johnson
Homepage: http://xtheater.sourceforge.net
File formats: MPG, AVI, ASF
Video Codecs: SMPEG, libaviplay
Video output: SDL
GUI type: X11 gtk-based
I've never tried.
Program: kmpg
Author: Martin Vogt
Homepage: http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~mvogt/linux/kmpg/index.html
File formats: MPG
Video Codecs: ???
Audio Codecs: multithreaded audio library (yaf)
GUI type: X11 KDE
I've never tried.
Program: ZZplayer
Author: Nicolas Vignal
Homepage: http://www.chez.com/tsc/zzplayer/zzplayer.html
File formats: MPG
Video Codecs: SMPEG
Video output: SDL
GUI type: X11 KDE using Qt 1.44
I've never tried.
Program: xanim
Author: Mark Podlipec
Homepage: http://xanim.va.pubnix.com/
File formats: avi (no DivX), mov (qt & sgi), fli/flc, gif, etc...
Video Codecs: own or licensed (binary-only)
Video output: X11 window
Audio output: OSS
GUI type: X11 simple
Plays near everything, except closed tech codecs (like divx).
It's multiplatform, not linux-only.
Program: xmms
Author: Peter Alm
Homepage: http://www.xmms.org/
File formats: AVI, MPG, MP3, ...
Video Codecs: plugins: avifile, smpeg
Audio Codecs: plugins: mp3, mod, cin, ogg, mid, wav
Video output: X11, SDL (avifile)
Audio output: OSS, Alsa, ESD
GUI type: Skinnable GTK
Virtually everyone wants this piece.
Program: smpeg
Author: Loki Entertainment
Homepage: http://www.lokigames.com/development/smpeg.php3
File formats: MPG
Video Codecs: SMPEG ;)
Video output: SDL
Audio output: OSS
GUI type: GTK
This stuff came on the throne after mtvp. XVideo support, bilinear filtering.