xine is a free (gpl-licensed) high-performance, portable and reusable multimedia playback engine. xine itself is a shared library with an easy to use, yet powerful API which is used by many applications for smooth video playback and video processing purposes.
General features- Skinnable GUI
- Download and installation of new skins from the internet
- Navigation controls (seeking, pause, fast, slow, next chapter, etc)
- Linux InfraRed Control support (LIRC)
- On Screen Display features
- DVD and external subtitles
- DVD/VCD menus
- Audio and subtitle channel selection
- Brightness, contrast, audio volume, hue, saturation adjusting (requires hardware/driver support)
- Playlists
- Mediamarks
- Image snapshot
- Audio resampling
- Software deinterlacing algorithms
- 2-3 pulldown detection (tvtime plugin)
- Configuration dialog
- Aspect ratio changing
- Fullscreen display
- DTS passthrough
- TV fullscreen support using nvtvd
- Streaming playback support