Re: [OT] Seeking for a true *Multi*media player

[Scott Lanning <lannings who int>]

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, [ISO-8859-15] Jörn Reder wrote:
> I'm seeking for (or plan to code) a Linux based and truly multimedia
> capable player application which is able to play the following mixed
> content, in arbitrary order controlled by a playlist file, which format
> is well known and can be generated easily from external programs (e.g.
> XML based):
>
>  - HDTV 1280x720p fullscreen playback of MPEG4 video AVI files
>  - JavaScript enabled HTML content (some dynamics with DHTML & CSS)
>  - non-interactive Flash movies (.swf)
>
> Switching between the single items must be seamless without black
> frames, time gaps or jerking. Full control over the application (e.g. by
> network connection or something like that) would be great.
>
> Does anybody know existent open source programs which fulfill these 
> requirements? I know there are dozens playing video, but do they "play"
> HTML and Flash as well?
>
> My googling wasn't successful, so my plan is to write a correspondent
> application myself (resp. integrating several components, e.g. combining
> xine/mplayer with an Mozilla engine held together by a Gtk2 Perl program
> using GtkMozEmbed). But probably someone of you knows existent 
> solutions, which I at least could use as a base.

Mozilla has a VLC plugin.
http://www.videolan.org/doc/vlc-user-guide/en/ch07.html#id310383
I think it does most of what you're talking about.