Top 15 xine Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

xine is a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs. It also decodes multimedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet. It interprets many of the most common multimedia formats available – and some of the most uncommon formats, too.

General features

Skinnable GUI
Download and installation of new skins from the internet
Navigation controls (seeking, pause, fast, slow, next chapter, etc)
Linux InfraRed Control support (LIRC)
On Screen Display features
DVD and external subtitles
DVD/VCD menus
Audio and subtitle channel selection
Closed Caption support
Brightness, contrast, audio volume, hue, saturation adjusting (requires hardware/driver support)
Playlists
Mediamarks
Image snapshot
Audio resampling
Software deinterlacing algorithms
2-3 pulldown detection (tvtime plugin)
Configuration dialog
Aspect ratio changing
Fullscreen display
DTS passthrough
TV fullscreen support using nvtvd
Streaming playback support ...

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