Linux.com: Installing MPlayer

"MPlayer has set itself apart as a versatile movie player under Linux and other platforms. Whether you love or hate it, once you try it, you'll have to agree that it is very different, with its versatile keyboard control and alternative methods for handling video playback.

"MPlayer grabs external formats and hacks into them to make them playable under other operating systems than they were designed for. It plays back encrypted DVDs and broken media files, and can encode media files..."

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