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Totem or Mplayer?
I just had the thought to suggest that Mplayer be included default in Nexradix, rather than Totem (the gnome-mplayer, to be exact). I don't know if the licensing would be appropriate for Nexradix, however.
I suggest this due to Mplayers myriad of features, alongside a more fluid interface with gnome-mplayer.
Please excuse me if I'm completely missing some other factor which prompts the use of Totem.
Sadly, Mplayer includes a whole slew of codecs that are encumbered by patents, and thus cannot be legally distributed in countries that recognize software patents (without a separate patent license, anyway). Totem uses gstreamer as its backend, which allows for the easy addition of new codecs via a plugin architecture, rather than requiring you to compile from source (like you'd have to do if you wanted to re-enable patented codecs in Mplayer). That way users that have patent licenses for the codecs can easily add them from the repositories, and those that do not can still have a functional (and legal) install.
Aside from the interface, what features do you find superior about Mplayer?
The interface is actually the clincher for me. Although, I'll add that the preferences available are preffered, as well. I've had a consistent problem with Totem crashing with the use of Compiz. This would happen with all other media players too, until I downloaded Mplayer and was able to easily change the video output to 'x11', which fixed the problem.
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