Free xine software for linux

oxine project is a lightweight gui for the famous xine engine which uses the on screen display functionality of xine to display its user interface elements like buttons, lists sliders and so on.
Due to this, oxine can easily be ported to any video output device the xine library provides (e.g. frame buffer, dxr3,...) and is particularly suitable for appliances like set-top boxes, home entertainment systems or kiosk systems.
Main features:
- x11, dxr3 and framebuffer output
- mouse, keyboard and lirc support
- autoplay dvd, vcd, svcd, cdrom and audio cd
- browse and select from your own mediamarks
- browsing through file system, m3u playlists and audio cd tracks
- goom support
- playlists
- automatic stream title blending
Quite straight forward. Make sure that you have installed the latest version of xine-lib. At least beta9 is required. Then download and unpack oxine source tarball, change to the directory created and type.
./configure --prefix=/some/path
make
make install
If you checked oxine out of CVS make sure that you have recent versions of autoconf and automake installed. (Tested with: automake 1.7.2 and autoconf 2.57.) Then type
./autogen.sh --prefix=/some/path
make
make install
To set up autoplay functionality make sure of the following things:
- cdrom or dvd drive is mountable by the user oxine runs with
- cdrom or dvd device and mountpoint are set correctly. Default is device: /dev/dvd mountpoint: /dvd. To change this, run oxine one time and click on shutdown. Oxine will then create its default config file in your home (~/.oxine/config). While oxine is not running, edit this file with an editor.
If you use lirc, make sure that you dont have irxevent daemon running. Otherwise oxine may get all lirc events twice which is really frustrating. There is a default lircrc installed in $PREFIX/share/oxine. You can customize this file in place or - much better - copy it to ~/.oxine where it will not be overwritten if oxine is reinstalled. If you upgrade oxine, read the ChangeLog - the lirc file config options may change from time to time.
Start oxine with
oxine [options] [mrls...]
options are:
-h print command line help
-v print oxines version
-f start in fullscreen mode
-V driver let xine use specified video driver e.g.: auto, xv, xshm, dxr3, ...
-A driver let xine use specified audio driver e.g.: auto, oss, alsa, ...
Enhancements:
- Added check for version of libjsw to catch JSClose bug.
- Added check for necessary files to detect bad installation.

Video::Xine is a Perl interface to libxine.

SYNOPSIS

use Video::Xine;

# Create and initialize the Xine object
my $xine = Video::Xine->new(
config_file => "$ENV{HOME}/.xine/config",
);

# Load a video driver
my $video_driver = Video::Xine::Driver::Video->new($xine,"auto",1,$x11_visual);

# Create a new stream (put your video driver under $DRIVER)
my $stream = $xine->stream_new(undef,$DRIVER);

# Open a file on the stream
$stream->open(file://my/movie/file.avi)
or die "Couldnt open stream: ", $stream->get_error();

# Get the current position (0 .. 65535), position in time, and length
# of stream in milliseconds
my ($pos, $pos_time, $length_time) = $stream->get_pos_length();

# Start the stream playing
$stream->play()
or die "Couldnt play stream: ", $xine->get_error();

# Play the stream to the end
while ( $stream->get_status() == XINE_STATUS_PLAY ) {
sleep(1);
}

A perl interface to Xine, the Linux movie player. More properly, an interface to libxine, the development library. Requires installation of libxine.

Xine by itself does not provide a user interface, and neither does this interface. Instead, you must set up the window using your own windowing code, and pass the window information to Xine.

Console Xine Front End (CXFE) is an extremely simple front end for Xine. It is meant to be comfortable for people used to MPlayer.

So why not just use MPlayer?

While MPlayer is an excellent movie player, its dvd playback capabilties has been lacking for a long time. Besides, choice is a good thing :-) To tell the truth, CXFE was mainly created as another movie player for MMS.

Current command line parameters:

-vo < driver > Set video out driver (dxr3/xv/xshm/fb)
-ao < driver > Set audio out driver (alsa/oss)
-i < driver > Set control driver (lirc) Keyboard is enabled at all times)
-fs Start cxfe in fullscreen
< mrl > Valid xine MRL (ex: dvd:/) Up to 1000 MRLs are allowed
-v Prints cxfe version and exits
-d Start cxfe with deinterlacing plugins on
-p Specify custom deinterlacing plugin to use
--help Prints this help

Example: cxfe -vo xv -ao alsa -i lirc -dev /dev/dvd dvd:/)

Codeine project is a very simple xine-based media player.
Main features:
- Plays DVDs, VCDs, all video formats *
- Bundled with a simple web-page KPart () Starts very quickly
- Simple, uncluttered interface
- "Session based"
- Intelligent behaviour
- You can record http streams with the hidden record action
- You can use drag and drop to play files. Try dragging shoutcast stream playlists, they will play too.

Linux-EduCD is a Polish live DVD based on KANOTIX, with focus on education, graphics, office, multimedia and software development.
Main features:
- addition of the Compiz desktop;
- integration of GParted into the hard disk installer;
- new boot options;
- Linux kernel 2.6.18 with extra drivers and modules;
- KDE 3.5.5;
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.4;
- a range of educational software (Celestia, OpenDX, PyMOL, Rasmol, DrGeo, Yacas); multimedia applications (GIMP 2.2.13, Blender 2.42, Amarok, Audacity, Xine); network and system administration software (Wireshark, Nessus, Iptraf, EtherApe, Cheops);
- new development packages (DrScheme, Ruby, VisualPython, GPS, GNAT, Glade)

Ivman is an extremely flexible desktop independent frontend to HAL, the userspace Hardware Abstraction Layer for Linux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux).
Ivman can be used to execute arbitrary commands when devices are added to or removed from your system, or when device properties change. Any properties of the new or changed device can be included within the executed command.
Main features:
- mount/unmount CDs/DVDs/removable USB drives (this is Ivmans original purpose)
- start CD player or ripper or anything else you like when an audio CD is inserted
- start Xine or MPlayer or anything else you like when a video DVD is inserted
- run commands when a specific CD or DVD is inserted (e.g. immediately eject a Windows XP CD :-)
- run commands when your network interfaces are activated or deactivated
- have nice little popups appear on your desktop when new hardware is attached
- pretty much anything else you can think of, as long as your hardware is supported by HAL.
Enhancements:
- Some DBus assertion errors were fixed.

VideoCut project is an open source desktop application specialized for creating compositions of screenshots from video files. The project uses xine-lib and Qt-4
Languages:
- English
- Ukrainian
- Russian

IControl is a software program meant to interpret signals from Creatives RM-900 remote control and accompanying IR LiveDrive! receiver unit.

IControl is currently capable of sending input to various programs (including XMMS, Xine, XawTV, XScreensaver, et al), as well as circulating window stacking order (sending windows to the background) and changing input focus. Furthermore, IControl will soon support other remote controls beyond the RM-900 which are all interpretable by the LiveDrive! unit.

IControl is completely configurable through its .conf files, allowing the user to map any key to any action the rcontrol daemon supports. And development is in the works to allow IControl to start programs, interface with devices, or even shut the computer down.