The original author, Hungarian Árpád Gereöffy (known as A'rpi/Astral in the demoscene), started the project because he was unable to find any satisfactory video players for Linux after XAnim stopped development in 1999.
The original author (known as A'rpi/Astral in the demoscene), started the project. He was unable to find any satisfactory video players for Linux after XAnim stopped development in 1999. Hungarian Árpád Gereöffy was the original author.