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<title>MPlayer :: movie file viewer</title>

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<para>
Mplayer is a movie player for GNU/Linux which can be run from the
commandline of an XTERM, while it is also launched automatically by
the file browser when clicking on video files.  For the advanced user,
it comes with a vast number of options which can be set via
commandline or in the configfile present in
<emphasis>/etc/mplayer.conf</emphasis>, see the manual page for a
complete description of possibilities offered.
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This software offers a wide range of supported file formats: it plays
MPEG/VOB, AVI, ASF/WMA/WMV, RM, MP4, OGG/OGM, VIVO, FLI, NuppelVideo,
yuv4mpeg, FILM and RoQ files, and XAnim.  With it you can watch
VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies.
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