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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Date: 2016-06-06 12:50
 <p>When I set out a few weeks ago to figure out
 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_is_the_best_multimedia_player_in_Debian_.html">which
 multimedia player in Debian claimed to support most file formats /
-MIME types</a>, I was a bit surprised how different sets of MIME types
+MIME types</a>, I was a bit surprised how varied the sets of MIME types
 the various players claimed support for.  The range was from 55 to 130
 MIME types.  I suspect most media formats are supported by all
 players, but this is not really reflected in the MimeTypes values in
@@ -26,17 +26,12 @@ kmplayer.  I am sure some of the other players desktop files support
 several of the formats currently listed as working only with vlc,
 toten and parole.</p>
 
-</p>The best multimedia player in Debian?  It is totem, followed by
-parole, kplayer, mpv, vlc, smplayer mplayer-gui gnome-mpv and
-kmplayer.  Time for the other players to update their announced MIME
-support?</p>
-
-<p>Only 14 MIME types are listed as supported by all the tested
-multimedia players in Debian in their desktop files: audio/mpeg,
-audio/vnd.rn-realaudio, audio/x-mpegurl, audio/x-ms-wma,
-audio/x-scpls, audio/x-wav, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/quicktime,
-video/vnd.rn-realvideo, video/x-matroska, video/x-ms-asf,
-video/x-ms-wmv and video/x-msvideo.  Personally I find it sad that
-video/ogg and video/webm is not supported by all the media players in
-Debian.  As far as I can tell, all of them can handle both
+<p>A sad observation is that only 14 MIME types are listed as
+supported by all the tested multimedia players in Debian in their
+desktop files: audio/mpeg, audio/vnd.rn-realaudio, audio/x-mpegurl,
+audio/x-ms-wma, audio/x-scpls, audio/x-wav, video/mp4, video/mpeg,
+video/quicktime, video/vnd.rn-realvideo, video/x-matroska,
+video/x-ms-asf, video/x-ms-wmv and video/x-msvideo.  Personally I find
+it sad that video/ogg and video/webm is not supported by all the media
+players in Debian.  As far as I can tell, all of them can handle both
 formats.</p>