Xine

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.

Xine is similar to:

Windows Media Player

Xine is used for:

Multimedia Viewer

Who uses Xine:

home user

Features:

Skinnable GUI
Download and installation of new skins from the internet
Navigation controls (seeking, pause, fast, slow, next chapter, etc)
Linux InfraRed Control support (LIRC)
On Screen Display features
DVD and external subtitles
DVD/VCD menus
Audio and subtitle channel selection
Closed Caption support
Brightness, contrast, audio volume, hue, saturation adjusting (requires hardware/driver support)
Playlists
Mediamarks
Image snapshot
Audio resampling
Software deinterlacing algorithms
2-3 pulldown detection (tvtime plugin)
Configuration dialog
Aspect ratio changing
Fullscreen display
DTS passthrough
TV fullscreen support using nvtvd
Streaming playback support