MPlayer
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 MPlayer with the GMPlayer user interface |
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| developer | The MPlayer Project |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| Current version | 1.4.0 (April 18, 2019) |
| operating system | Linux , macOS , Windows , DOS , FreeDOS , AmigaOS 4, FreeBSD etc. a. |
| programming language | C. |
| category | Media player |
| License | GNU GPL 2.0 or later |
| German speaking | Yes |
| mplayerhq.hu | |
MPlayer is under the GNU GPL license standing Media Player . It is characterized in particular by its broad support of file formats and its platform independence.
The program runs alongside Linux , the operating system of its origin, on Windows , macOS , DOS / FreeDOS , FreeBSD , MorphOS , OS / 2 and many other platforms. It supports a large number of video and audio codecs , including platform exclusive ones , which means that Windows Media can also be played outside of Windows. He also supports DVB . A special fault tolerance enables the award-winning player to play defective files. Another strength is the elimination of any installation, so that MPlayer does not collide with already installed codecs and can be easily integrated into other programs as an output program (" viewer ").
construction
MPlayer is command line oriented . A graphical user interface and MEncoder , a program that can convert all playable files and data streams into other formats, for example from MPEG-1 to MPEG-4, are optionally available .
When starting, the program itself uses the format library it has brought with it, from which a suitable decoding algorithm is selected. This reservoir is based on FFmpeg's libavcodec , which developers from the MPlayer project are involved in programming, as well as a few other, mostly exotic codecs. There is also the possibility of binary codecs to play proprietary formats to use as Windows 32 bit - DLLs and macOS libraries.
License
The binary codecs used in the program are highly controversial in terms of licensing law in the open source scene. The GPL expressly requires that the complete source code must be supplied with the distribution of the program, which is not possible if programs under this license are mixed with proprietary programs. As a result, a user or a distribution cannot redistribute MPlayer without violating the GPL. The developers vehemently contradict this interpretation of the license. These codecs are only available for download as separate packages ( essential or all ) and are not required to operate MPlayer.
User interfaces
MPlayer itself has no graphical user interface other than video output. It is operated using the keyboard. However, there are a number of additional programs (front ends) that extend MPlayer with a graphical user interface. This includes:
| program | Operating systems | description |
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| Gnome MPlayer | Linux | uses GTK + |
| GMPlayer | Linux , Windows | uses Visual Basic .NET |
| SMPlayer | Linux , Windows | uses Qt , offers a lot of functions (similar to VLC media player ) |
| KMPlayer | Linux | uses Qt |
| ROSA media player | Linux , Windows | is based on SMPlayer, but is more limited / lightweight |
| MPlayerX | macOS | a malicious version of the Mplayer for macOS that distributes malware |
Use in other projects
There are a large number of projects that are based on the source code of MPlayer. For example MPlayer has been ported to the Xbox ( XBMC Media Center ) and the Amiga . The MoviX distribution includes bootable Linux including MPlayer and is burned onto a CD with the film.
Spin-offs
There are several spinoffs from MPlayer. This includes:
- mpv , offers an extended on-screen display , video quality improved by OpenGL and hardware-accelerated rendering via the graphics card .
- MplayerXP was created after a technical discussion about software-side multithreading when decoding video data.
- mplayer2 , extends MPlayer by some features and removes the coding component MEncoder. The project has been idle since October 2013.
- MPlayer WW , supports multithreading when decoding MPEG-2 and H.264 , uses DirectShow , Direct3D and OpenGL and offers a graphical user interface.
Web links
- Project website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ MPlayer 1.4.0 released
- ↑ "Video Codecs" in the documentation on the project page, 2012.
- ↑ "Audio Codecs" in the documentation on the project page, 2012.
- ↑ GMPlayer
- ↑ SMPlayer
- ↑ KMPlayer
- ↑ ROSA Media Player
- ↑ blog.malwarebytes.com
- ↑ mpv
- ↑ MPlayerXP
- ↑ mplayer2
- ↑ MPlayer-WW ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
