Noob question:
What is all the "VLC" fuss about? Aren't there like 5 different 'media' players we can download for the n900? Does anyone here really use anything other than the built in one?
Noob question:
What is all the "VLC" fuss about? Aren't there like 5 different 'media' players we can download for the n900? Does anyone here really use anything other than the built in one?
Some have more features, some have better performance. I don't really care about it being "VLC". I've only used it for my PC once to try out. I just want a player that plays my videos smoothly on the N900 with useful options such as resume, aspect ratio, zoom/pan/scan etc. Built-in one definitely isn't as good as mplayer for example. mplayer has keyboard controls which I find extremely useful. (kmplayer and sib are just some of the front ends to mplayer)
More variety the better really. Then I have more chance of finding an app that I want. =)
Anyways, so far, this vlc player for the N900 is much worse than mplayer for now. Videos play really choppy. But some others report that it's butter smooth? Why is that?
You need to install these files
libvlc5_1.1.0~git5935-1_armel.deb vlc-nox_1.1.0~git5935-1_armel.deb
vlc-player-nox_1.1.0~git5935-1_armel.deb
vlc-player_1.1.0~git5935-1_armel.deb
There all .debs so just download them to the n900. Default is /home/user/MyDocs
Then run
Code:
dpkg -i /path to file/filename.deb
You will have to do this in order the lib first then vlc-nox, player-nox, player.
When you have Vlc installed simply run
vlc /path to file
ie
vlc /home/user/MyDocs/test.avi
If you are feeling really adventurous you could try dbus-switchboard that qole is developing to handle certain files by vlc automatically.
All usual warnings apply for using Alpha software. It can/will be buggy and very hard to uninstall.
Says there are major issues and wait for final release!
Noob question:
What is all the "VLC" fuss about? Aren't there like 5 different 'media' players we can download for the n900? Does anyone here really use anything other than the built in one?
Apparently the code on VLC is optimised to use the hardware acceleration (DSP, Video chip) of the N900 for other codecs - not just like the out of the box media player which will accelerate only MP4's. I can now play smaller H264 480p MKV files at a reasonable speed without lag or audio sync problems at default clock (600Mhz). Whereas MPlayer will require at least 900 Mhz to run it with the same sort of quality without audio syncing problems. However, remember that the program is still alpha, I have noticed some memory issues with it on larger files (100MB and over) and the indexing is flakey at this stage.
So looking forward to more development on this.. Really need a good player for our N900's..
Some have more features, some have better performance. I don't really care about it being "VLC". I've only used it for my PC once to try out. I just want a player that plays my videos smoothly on the N900 with useful options such as resume, aspect ratio, zoom/pan/scan etc. Built-in one definitely isn't as good as mplayer for example. mplayer has keyboard controls which I find extremely useful. (kmplayer and sib are just some of the front ends to mplayer)
More variety the better really. Then I have more chance of finding an app that I want. =)
Anyways, so far, this vlc player for the N900 is much worse than mplayer for now. Videos play really choppy. But some others report that it's butter smooth? Why is that?
MPlayer only uses CPU for playback while VLC uses the GPU. VLC also has keyboard controls but they're weird (not what you would normally think of). Like I think P is pause.
