Movix 2 is the X Window System based version of Movix, which is a tiny bootable Live CD that transforms your computer into a multimedia player. Essentially, it is a micro distribution that launches MPlayer. Similar distros include WOMP and GeeXBoX. Movix 2 actually allows you to switch over to text-based Movix mode should you prefer to, but Movix is also available as a separate product and is still being developed.
Of the distros I’ve mentioned, Movix can boast to be the most “MPlayer-like”. In fact, it is almost indistinguishable from having it installed in any regular Linux box. Right click your mouse and you get a pop up menu of options (DVD, VCD, Config, etc.). Select one, and go.
Performance wise, Movix 2 benefits by still being lean on fancy graphics. It is also quite stable and bug-free. For those 2 reasons I consider it better than GeeXBox. However, it did not send a video signal out of my ATI All-in-Wonder card. GeeXBox does.
Movix is as stable as WOMP! but has additional funcitonality built-in by using MPlayer’s actual menu. However, again, Movix did not use my video card’s TV-out function. WOMP did.
Were it not for the TV out problems, I would give this software a perfect rating. Should you just need a bootable MPlayer that you can watch on a regular monitor, this is by far the best option I’ve seen.
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