>I've had success with 'xine' 'kmplayer' (very slow) 'mplayer' (ok 
>but full screen) and 'kaffeine"

Yes, but those apps are not default apps. Kaboodle is the only base 
app that plays videos.

Xine is indeed a dependency for several Trinity apps, but all of 
those apps are not base installation apps, like amarok, kaffeine, 
kmplayer, etc.

Darrell