I only used 2 players. So I am going to compare media player vs mplayer (rc1-maemo.27) wrt 99WorldTV/KMplayer and VideoCenter.

mplayer 1.0rc1-maemo.27.n8x0, http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d...ree/m/mplayer/ (http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=19347)

media player 2.2007.51-3

Other media players i have NOT tried yet:
mplayer 1.0 rc2 http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=18231

VLC http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=14128

99WorldTV with KMplayer: dl the playlist here, http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=19044,, and open with KMplayer.

mplayer rc1 0.27 renders much more channels than media player, almost ALL. whereas media player renders less channels than mplayer but in general, renders better. On the good ones, either media player or mplayer will do. These are usually non USA channels. However, mplayer can work with the Dpad while on full screen where media player cannot.

In KMplayer, under window view, one can use the Dpad to move the selection of the channels one by one, and press the center of the Dpad to select the channel. This works for either media player or mplayer. Again, media player plays better, but mplayer plays more formats, or more channels.

However, in KMplayer, under full screen view, only mplayer works with the Dpad. One can still use the Dpad to select channels. Either left or right click will move to next channel and play (Yes, either L or R will move forward to the next channel. Interesting? Or a bug?). While the up and down will select previous or next channel and one has to press the center button to play. This works ONLY with mplayer while in full screen mode. While in the window mode, it works for either player.

For the mplayer, the OSD is kind of messed up under KMplayer as both of them using the Dpad. the OSD is a hit or miss situation under KMplayer.

One more point when comparing the media player vs mplayer. Media player almost never crash. If it does not work, it will NOT even attempt, it just sit there and you can safely move onto the next channel. Mplayer does not. It crashes more often. And if it stucks on a particular channel that it does not render well, you have to close kmplayer and restart.

VideoCenter: dl channels here (primary.db) and save you work to type in channels one by one, http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=18769. Same experience regarding the two players, the media player and mplayer. Mplayer plays much more formats then media player but not as good, whereas media player plays less formats but render better in general. There is one exception, CBS evening news with Katie Couric. Mplayer plays very well whereas media player is NOT playing at all. Here is my configure for the mplayer,

External:
/usr/bin/mplayer -cache 4096 %s

The above comparison is for streaming video ONLY. On playing a downloaded copy, either player plays superbly. And mplayer still plays more format then media player, even on a downloaded copy.

Couple of questions:
1) any tips about KMplayer use?
2) How do you configure mplayer under KMplayer, say to change the default audio delay from 200 ms to 0 ms? and how do you keep the change permanent.
3) The vol button works only on windowed mode and is dead when in full screen mode under KMplayer. Any get around?
4) In KMplayer, one can have either window or full screen mode. Window mode you see the TV channel description but loss screen real estate to status bar border, menu border and URL border. While the Full screen mode, you loss the TV channel descriptions. Any get around?
5) Can one set the aspect ratio under either players?
6) Is there a zoom function hidden somewhere. On some of the video clip, it as a black border on top and bottom as well as right and left. Would it be nice if one can zoom to use ALL of the screen space?

One final comment, mplayer 1.0 rc1 .27 is much better than .26 or .25, it is more smooth and crash less. Thank you Serge.

Hey, I want feedbacks and help in the above questions,

TIA,

bun