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Parole

Parole is a media player for the Xfce desktop environment, written using the GStreamer framework. Created by Ali Abdallah

Free Open Source
Linux
Xfce

Parole is a media player for the Xfce desktop environment, written using the GStreamer framework.
Parole features playback of local media files, including video with subtitles support, DVD/CD and live streams; it is also extensible via plugins.

Download tar.bz2 — http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/

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Debian Elementary XFCE: Best Apps for a balanced system

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Official Website

Feature

Music Player Add a feature

Categories

Audio & Music Video & Movies

Tags

gstreamer media-player video-player xfce

Parole was added by openuser in Jan 2011 and the latest update was made in Apr 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Aug 2019. It's possible to update the information on Parole or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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