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MPlayer 0.90 released; MPlayer Maintainer Leaves

Posted by timothy on from the plays-what-you-throw-at-it dept.

Viqsi writes "459 days after the previous stable release, the MPlayer folks have finally released stable version 0.90. With this done, A'rpi (th head maintainer) is leaving the project, citing too-much-free-time-forever-lost issues, and the team is looking closely at revising the way the project is managed as a result. Here's hoping some improvements come out of this."

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  1. MPlayer! by OmniVector · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It would be a shame to see mplayer lose maintenance, but I'm sure someone will step up to the plate. Xine never could cut it quite like MPlayer as far as stability, customizability and the number of file formats supported.

    Why if it wasn't for mplayer i wouldn't be able to play divx files on my powerbook without trying to configure the heck out of QuickTime (which i never managed to get DivX working in).

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    - tristan