xine

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
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