Video Media Player of the Year

////// · 01-15-2022, 09:25 PM

i use vlc, if i need to watch a show / movie that isnt available from streaming companies.

dskouras · 01-19-2022, 05:49 AM

Celluloid

zeebra · 01-21-2022, 07:04 PM

Tough choice this. Although VLC is great, I tend to use Dragon Player whenever it plays the videos I want it to, which depending on how much effort I put into codecs is almost all.

djk44883 · 01-22-2022, 01:02 PM

SMAPLAYER with mpv

linustalman · 01-22-2022, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by djk44883

SMAPLAYER with mpv

Good choice!

weirdwolf · 01-23-2022, 04:29 PM

Still using mplayer or a variant therein

dchmelik · 02-02-2022, 01:00 AM

Is there a pure (non-X) terminal one?

ondoho · 02-02-2022, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dchmelik

Is there a pure (non-X) terminal one?

some players are able to play directly to the framebuffer, or use libcaca or some such. It's really more of a video output decoder/driver question.

I just tried mpv playback on a non-GUI setup and it plays back perfectly (hwdec: vaapi).

zeebra · 02-02-2022, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by dchmelik

Is there a pure (non-X) terminal one?

Mplayer is good for the framebuffer by default, and easy to use in the framebuffer.

ukutek · 02-03-2022, 06:29 PM

smplayer

weirdwolf · 02-04-2022, 07:11 PM

always kinda liked the look of smplayer

ondoho · 02-06-2022, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by weirdwolf

always kinda liked the look of smplayer

It's skinnable, so you can have different looks.

That said, I prefer watching my movies & videos "plain" - mostly fullscreen, or with nothing but a WM frame around them.

erkki.ruohtula · 02-07-2022, 03:40 AM

For me it has been VLC for many years. Runs also on that other platform in addition to Linux, and has never given be grief, so have not felt need to try others.