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Parole vs QtAV

A side-by-side look at Parole and QtAV. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Parole

Parole

Video & Movies

Parole is a minimalist media player application for the Xfce desktop environment on Linux. It is designed to be simple, lightweight, and easy to use. Parole can play audio CDs, video DVDs, and most multimedia file formats.

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QtAV

QtAV

Video & Movies

QtAV is a multimedia framework for Qt that provides an easy API to play and manipulate video and audio. It supports hardware decoding and has a plugin system for codecs. Useful if you need multimedia capabilities for a Qt-based app.

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