Kaffeine
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* AC3 | * AC3 | ||
* DVB subtitles | * DVB subtitles | ||
| - | * HDTV (mpeg2) | + | * HDTV (mpeg2). Kaffeine will correctly display HDTV delivered over DVB-S (e.g. BBC HD on Astra 2 at 28 degrees East). To use multithreaded ffmpeg decoding set the xine option '''video.processing.ffmpeg_thread_count''' equal to the number of CPUs, ie. 2 for a Dual-core or 4 for a Quad-core (in the GUI it is in Settings/Xine engine config/Video/Advanced). |
* Remote control | * Remote control | ||
* Handles multiple devices of any type (DVB-{C,S,T} and ATSC<sup id="fn_1_back">[[#fn_1|1]]</sup> ).... and even if you have only one DVB device, Kaffeine can simultaneously play and record different channels within a same transponder) | * Handles multiple devices of any type (DVB-{C,S,T} and ATSC<sup id="fn_1_back">[[#fn_1|1]]</sup> ).... and even if you have only one DVB device, Kaffeine can simultaneously play and record different channels within a same transponder) | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 25 August 2008
Kaffeine is a very versatile KDE media player that, by default, utilizes Xine as its backend. It has a simple but intuitive interface (example screenshot) and is easy to setup. Amongst its list of supported formats are CDDA, VCD, DVD, .... and, since versions >0.5, it also provides full DVB support:
- Time Shifting
- Recording -- including unattended recording
- Streaming
- EPG
- AC3
- DVB subtitles
- HDTV (mpeg2). Kaffeine will correctly display HDTV delivered over DVB-S (e.g. BBC HD on Astra 2 at 28 degrees East). To use multithreaded ffmpeg decoding set the xine option video.processing.ffmpeg_thread_count equal to the number of CPUs, ie. 2 for a Dual-core or 4 for a Quad-core (in the GUI it is in Settings/Xine engine config/Video/Advanced).
- Remote control
- Handles multiple devices of any type (DVB-{C,S,T} and ATSC1 ).... and even if you have only one DVB device, Kaffeine can simultaneously play and record different channels within a same transponder)
- Diseqc 1.x switches and rotors.
- Supports both Low and High level CI.
Note 1: Scanning with ATSC hardware is supported since version 0.8.7. For older versions, to configure tuning support for ATSC devices, refer to the directions contained in this thread.
