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Test SMPlayer Version Includes HiDPI Support, Option To Send Video To Extended Display, More

| Date: May 11, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: linux, smplayer, ubuntu, video player, windows

An article posted on the SMPlayer blog yesterday points out some of the new features that will be available in the next SMPlayer version, like support for high DPI screens, an option to send the video to the second screen while controlling the application from the primary screen and more.

You can try this SMPlayer version right now in Ubuntu, Debian 8, Fedora (22 and 23), openSUSE (13.2, 42.1 and Tumbleweed) and Windows. See the instructions and links below.

SMPlayer testing

SMPlayer 15.9 (Stable) Released With mpv Support, More

| Date: September 30, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, mpv, smplayer, ubuntu, video player

SMPlayer, a Qt front-end for mplayer, has reached version 15.9.0 recently, this being the first stable version to support mpv. There are various other new features as well, like support for 3D stereo filter, MPRIS v2 support, a new default theme and more.

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How To Install SMPlayer With mpv Support In Ubuntu Or Linux Mint [Updated]

| Date: January 08, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mpv, smplayer, ubuntu, video player, youtube-dl

SMPlayer, a Qt graphical front-end for mplayer, added mpv support a couple of months ago however, because there are some missing bits, it will take a while until a new stable version with this new feature is released.

But you can already install SMPlayer with mpv support in Ubuntu or Linux Mint, by using the official SMPlayer Testing Stable PPA.

SMPlayer mpv

For those not familiar with mpv, this is a media player based on mplayer2 (and mplayer), which comes with numerous extra features and improvements compared to mplayer2, such as:
  • native support for VAAPI and VDA and improved VDPAU video output;
  • option to display two subtitles at once;
  • Wayland support;
  • precise seeking;
  • gapeless audio support;
  • built-in encoding feature (replacement for mencoder);
  • improved PulseAudio support;
  • better MKV support (e.g. ordered chapters, 3D metadata);
  • much more.

Transmageddon 1.0, Snappy Player 1.0 Available In PPA [Ubuntu 14.04]

| Date: April 02, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: gstreamer, linux, snappy, transcoder, transmageddon, ubuntu, video, video player

Quick update for Ubuntu 14.04 users: Transmageddon 1.0 and Snappy 1.0, both released recently, are available in the main WebUpd8 PPA.

SMPlayer 14.3.0 Released With Experimental Blue-Ray Discs Support

| Date: April 01, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: linux, macosx, mplayer, smplayer, ubuntu, video player, windows

SMPlayer, the popular mplayer/mplayer2 GUI, has reached version 14.3.0, receiving improved fullscreen controls, experimental support for non-protected blu-ray discs and other changes.

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First Development Release Of Parole Media Player 0.6 Is Out, Install It In (X)Ubuntu

| Date: October 21, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: linux, parole, ubuntu, video player, xfce

The first development release of Parole Media Player 0.6 (version 0.5.90) was released recently, bringing changes such as: improved GStreamer 1.0 support, completed the port to GTK3, a nice new overlay for the playback controls and more.

Parole Media Player

Install The Latest VLC In Ubuntu Via PPA [Quick Tip]

| Date: June 10, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: ubuntu, video player, vlc

Quick tip: new VLC versions are released quite frequently and even though some don't introduce any new features, there are important bug fixes in each release (you can find the VLC changelogs HERE). If you want to always have the latest stable VLC version in Ubuntu, here are some PPAs you can use.


Audience Media Player Getting Close To A New Release, Help Test It!

| Date: April 01, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: audience, elementary, linux, media player, ubuntu, video player

audience media player

Audience is a minimalistic, Gstreamer-based media player written in Vala. The second Audience release is getting close and its developers have invited users to help test it. There aren't any major new features since the previous release, but a large amount of bugs have been fixed recently. So if you can help test it or just want to give it a try, read on.

Minitube 2.0 And Musique 1.2.1 Released, Available In Our Ubuntu PPA

| Date: February 04, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: linux, macosx, minitube, music player, musique, ubuntu, video player, windows, youtube

Minitube 2.0

Minitube, a native Youtube client for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X which you can use to play (and download) YouTube videos without Flash, has been updated today and the new version is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04.

The latest Minitube 2.0 adds YouTube categories and "standard feeds": "Most Popular", "Featured", etc., country selection for YouTube categories and feeds, related videos, bigger and nicer 16:9 thumbnails as well as some other changes such as:

Install GNOME Mplayer 1.0.7 In Ubuntu 12.10

| Date: November 08, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, ubuntu, video player

gnome mplayer

GNOME MPlayer 1.0.7 has been released recently, getting support for MPRIS v2 (e.g. Ubuntu Sound Menu integration), along with other enhancements.

GNOME MPlayer is a GTK2/GTK3 frontend for MPlayer which, besides playing audio and video files, it supports DVD and MKV chapters, cover art retrieval from Amazon.com for audio files and other useful features.

Xnoise Media Player Gets New Album Art View

| Date: October 30, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, media player, music player, ubuntu, video player, xnoise

Xnoise 0.2.13 has been released today, introducing a new Album Art view, similar to the one available in Banshee or in Rhythmbox through the CoverArt Browser plugin, along with a new application icon created by Reda Lazri.

The new Album Art view can be accessed from the toolbar/menu or by using the CTRL + B keyboard shortcut. There's an integrated search too, which supports searching for artist, album or track name so you don't have to exit the Album Art view to find out on which album you can find a certain track:

xnoise media player
New Xnoise album art view

Install Rosa Media Player (ROMP) In Ubuntu

| Date: April 19, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, rosa media player, ubuntu, video player

rosa media player


Rosa Media Player (ROMP) is a media player forked from SMplayer, used by default in ROSA Desktop, a Linux distribution based on Mandriva that comes with some special features. Besides being able to play almost any audio/video formats (it uses Mplayer), Rosa Media Player can also extract audio from videos, trim videos or record the desktop.

XBMC Media Center 11.0 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

| Date: March 26, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: iOS, linux, macosx, media center, music player, ubuntu, video player, windows, XBMC

xbmc 11

XBMC Media Center is a free and open source (GPL) digital media hub and HTPC (Home theater PC) software, available for Linux, OSX, iOS and Windows.

XBMC 11 "Eden" has been released recently and comes with speed increases, better and simpler library, better unencrypted BluRay support, default skin improvements, better networking support, AirPlay support, upgraded weather service with geoip lookup and much more. The new version also brings support for Apple TV2 and iOS.

Audience: A Slick, Minimalistic Linux Media Player

| Date: March 07, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: audience, elementary, linux, ubuntu, video player

Audience media player

Audience is a new media player written in Vala that "brings the lessons learned from the web home to the desktop".

SMPlayer 0.7.0 Brings YouTube And Mplayer2 Support

| Date: January 31, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, smplayer, ubuntu, video player

smplayer 0.7.0

SMPlayer may have been dead for a while, but it seems very active now, with two releases in just one month. The latest SMPlayer 0.7.0 brings basic support for YouTube and MPlayer2 as well as other new features.

Install MPlayer2 And SMPlayer2 In Ubuntu

| Date: January 05, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, mplayer2, smplayer2, ubuntu, video player

MPlayer2 is a fork of MPlayer that "contains significant further development and supports a number of features not available in other Unix players".

SMPlayer 0.6.10 Released With Minor New Features

| Date: January 03, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, smplayer, ubuntu, video player

SMPlayer is a popular front-end for MPlayer and can play videos, DVDs and VCDs, featuring configurable subtitles, audio track switching, video equalizer, filters, playlist, audio and subtitles delay adjustment and much more.

After almost 2 years, a new SMPlayer version has been released: 0.6.10. The new version only brings some minor new features like:

Xt7-Player Is A Fully Featured Mplayer GUI

| Date: November 18, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, ubuntu, video player, youtube

Xt7-player

Xt7-Player is a graphical user interface for Mplayer with a huge list of features, "while trying to keep usability in mind". Among the most important features are YouTube and Shoutcast integration, dvbt, library and playlist management, local and global hotkeys, "stackable" Audio and video filters managed via drag'n drop, audio and video equalizers and lots more.

UMPlayer PPA

| Date: June 27, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: linux, mplayer, ubuntu, umplayer, video player

UMPlayer

UMPlayer is a new cross-platform Mplayer front-end that supports CSS skins, easily searching, watching and downloading YouTube videos, lots of ShoutCast radio stations and more.

A quick update: UMPlayer has been available in the main WebUpd8 PPA for a while now but I've decided to create an UMPlayer-only PPA for those who do not want to upgrade all the packages available in the main WebUpd8 PPA.

Install VLC 1.1.10 And Pidgin 2.8.0 In Ubuntu

| Date: June 10, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: getdeb, im, linux, pidgin, ubuntu, video player, vlc

I'm sure many of you know about GetDeb but maybe some of our new readers don't. GetDeb is a very popular (for example, in July 2010, there were about 25144 unique Ubuntu Lucid users per day installing packages via) software portal that comes with an Ubuntu repository which you can use to install applications that are not available in the official Ubuntu repositories - this includes updated versions for various applications.

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