Video Player/Library for Ubuntu with ratings and thumbs

I've just made the switch to Ubuntu on my main PC and I've been looking for a media player that can:

Play all the usual video formats
Rate (and ideally, tag) each file
Display thumbnails for each file

Other than that there isn't much I'm after.

Banshee comes close, but doesn't display thumbnails.

I've Google'd lots but I'm running out of search terms to try.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers!

greggannicott

Posted 2009-09-26T11:08:00.590

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Good Banshee review: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/reviews/2988.aspx

– nik – 2009-09-26T12:52:51.267

Answers

Banshee has those features of maintaining library with tag information.

kristack

Posted 2009-09-26T11:08:00.590

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I'm not sure about ratings, but miro sure offers lots of video formats and thumbnails.

innaM

Posted 2009-09-26T11:08:00.590

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I tried miro and for some reason (I can't remember why unfortunately - I've tried so many) it wasn't what I was after. Thanks for the suggestion though. – greggannicott – 2009-09-27T08:04:20.800

Have you tried boxee(http://www.boxee.tv/)? It is more of a Windows Media Center alternative. Its is free and does everything you mentioned. And does much more. It is one of the most elegant softwares of its kind. It recognizes movies, albums, tv shows. And pulls information, rating, vital info, box art, subtitle etc. It does lot more. Please check the feature list.

My recommendation is, install it, try it.

vulcan_hacker

Posted 2009-09-26T11:08:00.590

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I've got it installed on our media pc and think it's great. However ideally I need this app to be windowed so I can do work whilst using it. I might take a look at Boxee though and see whether it runs in a window. Cheers! – greggannicott – 2009-09-27T08:01:57.043

Yes, I has a windows version too. And you can hit '' button in the keyboard while in fullscreen to get to window mode. – vulcan_hacker – 2009-09-28T16:27:23.720

Try VLC (VideoLAN Client) player. It is the jack of all cats! In Ubuntu go to System menu | Administration | Synaptic Package Manager, type vlc in search box, install it and enjoy!

Toqeer Ahmad

Posted 2009-09-26T11:08:00.590

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You're probably still going to have install codecs for the video formats, but I highly reccomend Moovida. It has a pretty different user interface, and is more suited to a full-screen interface but it does a lot of things really well.

camilla.greer

Posted 2009-09-26T11:08:00.590

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