1. Codecs

Videos can display a variety of formats thanks to the GStreamer framework.

Some information about the gstreamer-plugins packages can be found here.

• gst-plugins-base
  • the basic and essential plug-ins for GStreamer
• gst-plugins-good
  • the plug-ins for most Open formats
• gst-plugins-ugly
  • good-quality plug-ins that might pose distribution problems, needed for DVD playback
• gst-plugins-bad
  • a set of plug-ins that need more work, needed for DVD playback as well
• gst-ffmpeg
  • FFmpeg-based plug-in, contains all the basic decoders for popular codecs, such as DivX and WMV