Multiple movie player for window system

[dyanglp]

This might sound a bit strange. I was asked by a friend if there is a movie player for the window system that can play multiple movie files at the same time in a single window, i.e, the player's window is devided into N blocks and each plays a different movie. If there is no such a player, is there a software that can achieve the same effect ? Thanks.

[celtic_druid]

AVISynth with stackvertical and stackhorizontal. They need to be the same framerate though, also easier if they share the same width or height, but you can always pad with black.
eg. two 640x272 avi files, first PAL the other NTSC film.
top = avisource("one.avi")
bot = avisource("two.avi").assumefps(25).ensureVBRmp3syn c().TimeStretch(tempo = (100.0*25.0)/23.976)
stackvertical(top,bot)

At least something like that.

[dyanglp]

celtic_druid, thanks for the reply. I'll give a try, is it possible to add some interactive functions so that the playing could be controlled ?

[celtic_druid]

Well you can control it via whatever player you are using, just not each one seperatly. It will behave as a single video file. Also in the above with ensureVBRmp3sync, don't bother trying to seek.