[linux-audio-user] audio/video player for theatre use anyone?

[Joern Nettingsmeier]

hi *!


is there an audio/video player that is suitable for theatre use? i'm 
thinking of a player that
* allows me to bind media files to keys and play them on cue with just 
one keystroke;
* has deterministically low latency (i.e. the time between the trigger 
and the actual start of playback), which probably means it needs the 
ability to buffer the first few seconds of each media file in RAM;
* does not ever crash ;)
* allows for dual-head setups with fullscreen video output on one head 
and user interface on the other head.

midi/osc/dmx controllability would be a plus, but is not essential.

limited codec support is not a problem, since the media are pre-produced 
and can be easily transcoded if necessary.

i'm open to anything ranging from weird shellscript hacks and ramdisks 
to pd or gstreamer-based setups. jack support would be cool...


thanks in advance,

jörn