Chapter 20 . Playing Music (Web host 4 life) and Video 535
Chapter 20 . Playing Music and Video 535 When you try to install xine, it tells you if you need any additional packages. If your xine player fails to start, see the Xine Tips section later in this chapter. Xine supports a bunch of video and audio formats, including: . MPEG (1, 2, and 4) . QuickTime (see Xine Tips if your QuickTime content won t play) . WMV . DVDs, CDs, and VCDs . Motion JPEG . MPEG audio (MP3) . AC3 and Dolby Digital audio . DTS audio . Ogg Vorbis audio Xine understands different file formats that represent a combination of audio and video, including .mpg (MPEG program streams), .ts (MPEG transport streams), .mpv (raw MPEG audio/video streams), .avi (MS AVI format), and .asf (Advanced Streaming format). While xine can play Video CDs and DVDs, it can t play encrypted DVDs or the Video-on-CD hybrid format (because of legal issues mentioned earlier related to decrypting DVDs). Using xine With xine started, right-click in the xine window to see the controls. The quickest way to play video is to click one of the following buttons, and then press the Play button (right arrow or Play, depending on the skin you are using): . VCD (for a video CD) . DVD (for a DVD in /dev/dvd) . CDA (for a music CD in /dev/cdaudio) Next, you can use the Pause/Resume, Stop, Play, Fast Motion, Slow Motion, or Eject buttons to work with video. You can also use the Previous and Next buttons to step to different tracks. The controls are very similar to what you would expect on a physical CD or DVD player. To select individual files, or to put together your own list of content to play, use the Playlist feature. Note
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