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Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

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1113 points Bluestein | 8 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source | bottom
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mathfailure ◴[17 Aug 24 19:49 UTC] No.41277389[source]▶
The best media player available on linux. The worst GUI (none) out of the box. Bearable after tinkering a bit with configs.
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Bluestein ◴[17 Aug 24 19:53 UTC] No.41277425[source]▶
> The best media player available on linux

Strong clam, this ...

PS. For the controversy: Please note I am not disputing the claim - particularly when many claim this is the best player on any platform, not just Linux.-

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1. pengaru ◴[17 Aug 24 20:00 UTC] No.41277474[source]▶
> Strong clam, this ...

What's better?

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2. lottin ◴[17 Aug 24 20:12 UTC] No.41277564[source]▶
mplayer
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3. prurigro ◴[17 Aug 24 20:45 UTC] No.41277815[source]▶
Isn't mpv a more modern and maintained mplayer fork? Mplayer was my go-to for many many years, starting in the early 2000s, but I switched at one point and can't remember why. What do you prefer about mplayer?
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4. chgs ◴[17 Aug 24 20:55 UTC] No.41277886[source]▶
I used played for 20+ years but moved to mpv recently as I ran into a couple of things player won’t work with.

Struggling to see the benefit of mplayer over mpv today.

5. lottin ◴[17 Aug 24 21:41 UTC] No.41278219{3}[source]▶
If I recall correctly, for a brief time mplayer disappeared from Debian. At the time I evaluated various alternatives and mpv was one of them, but I switched back to mplayer as soon as it made its way back to the distribution. For me, mplayer is the standard media player. I guess I just don't see any reason to switch to mpv or to any other player.
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6. loeg ◴[17 Aug 24 22:26 UTC] No.41278511[source]▶
mpv is an active mplayer fork.
7. pengaru ◴[17 Aug 24 23:17 UTC] No.41278834{4}[source]▶
I see no reason to cling to mplayer/mplayer2, mpv has pushed things forward from there.

mplayer is what I used to use ages ago, can't think of a single thing I miss that it did which mpv doesn't. Like you, I was introduced to mpv through the debian disappearance, and it's been fine. Forks can be necessary to keep development active; it's one of the core features of FOSS.

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8. chungy ◴[18 Aug 24 02:39 UTC] No.41279723{5}[source]▶
mplayer has DVD menu support, mpv doesn't. I use Kodi if I need to navigate DVD menus these days, which is rare but it happens...