MPlayer
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Jump to navigationJump to searchMPlayer was the best video player for a long time. Then a fork happened and many developers left for MPlayer2. That was in turn abandoned for mpv which is now the most updated and feature-rich branch. MPlayer is still updated and alive but updates are essentially just small fixes to make sure it still compiles against modern versions of ffmpeg.
MPlayer comes with a video conversion tool called mencoder. This has also not been more than barely maintained for decades.
The modern alternatives
- mpv is a better and more updated stand-alone player than mplayer (and mplayer2)
- SMPlayer is a better choice than GMPlayer if you want a video player with a graphical interface
- ffmpeg is a far better tool for converting audio or video than mencoder.
Links
- mplayer's website: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
- mplayer and mencoder manual
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html
Topic: Media Players
Video players: SMPlayer | mpv | VLC | GNOME Videos
Stand-alone Audio players:
- Filesystem-oriented: Audacious
- Database-oriented: Elisa | Strawberry | Exaile | GNOME Music
- Bankrupt and finished: Clementine | Amarok
Music Player Daemon audio player clients: