multimedia files

Kathrein will release a new HDTV capable Satellite Receiver, also running on Linux. The Kathrein UFS 922 will be the 1st twin HD satellite receiver from this company.

The UFS 922 will feature a twin DVB-S2 tuner & a 500 GB HDD. Also this box should play multimedia files, straightwaway from the HDD.

"Asustek is trying out its Express Gate Linux software in laptop PCs, a bid to make multimedia files and Internet access a snap for users"

How to play music and video(MP3, MPEG, AVI, FLV and other multimedia files) in Fedora 8?Due to patent encumberance the codecs required to play proprietary file formats are not shipped with Fedora 8.

These codecs are available in the livna repository for Fedora 8. You will be able to play most types of music and video.

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.gxine interprets many of the most common multimedia formats available–and some of the most uncommon formats, too.