The open-source nature of Kodi has helped it gain a lot of popularity as modified parts of this software are being used along with JeOS as an application suite or framework in a variety of devices including Smart TV, set-top boxes, network-connected media players, etc.
It provides a lot of features as addons which are added as python scripts which include: audio and video streaming plugins, screensavers, visualizations, themes, etc. It supports numerous audio and video formats, some in HD quality. Its video converter is based on FFmpeg and converts various video formats. It has the ability to notify and automatically download a video once available. It provides support for all the default formats as in other media players.
Talking about its features it provides Support for EDL files, Configurable subtitles which can be fetched from the Internet, numerous Skins downloadable from the Internet, Youtube browser, Multiple speed playback, Audio, and Video filters and equalizers. It is based on MPlayer and focuses mainly on modern systems which have led to advancements in the original code of MPlayer and the introduction of new features. Other features include Media Encoding functionality, smooth-motion which is a form of interpolation between two frames for a smooth transition between them.
Formerly known as Totem , Gnome Videos is the default media player for Gnome based desktop environments. Other features include: still capturing, loading of SubRip subtitles, ability to adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation during playback.
GNOME 3. Bomi is another powerful and highly configurable video player that promises to fulfill all the requirements one expects from a good video player. It is based on an MPV player. Initially called Sonance , Banshee is another open-source cross-platform media player developed in GTK C which is available on the Linux platform on many Linux distributions.
It was initially released in under MIT License and uses the GStreamer multimedia framework which adds in a lot of functionality including support for a large number of audio and video formats. Some features provided by this media player include: Multimedia keys support, iPod manager which allows the transfer of audio and video between system and iPod, Podcasting which enables Banshee to subscribe to feeds, notification area icon which it adds in GNOME.
MPlayer is another multi-lingual cross-platform media player developed by MPlayer team, available for all major Operating Systems i. It is built around a shared library xine-lib that supports multiple configurable frontends.
The development of the Xine project dates back to the year when even running DVDs was a manual and tedious process. Other media players which share the same shared library as of xine are Totem and Kaffeine.
One advantage of this media player is its ability to manually correct audio and video streams synchronization. Users can record their screen through the option provided by the software which is a useful feature to have.
Kodi Media Player which was formerly known as Xbox Media Player is a cross-platform tool that allows great flexibility to its user so that they can play both video and audio files both from the internet and local media storage.
Kodi is getting popular nowadays as its modified parts are being used as a framework in various smart TV, network-connected media players, and set-up boxes. Haruna Video Players offers its users all the basic features along with an interesting feature of directly playing Youtube videos through youtube-dl. Users can control the playback speed, take screenshots from the videos and add primary as well as secondary subtitles. Haruna can be installed using the below command with flatpak , but in case you use Ubuntu MPlayer is a command-line video player out there that offers its user with various video file formats and subtitle files.
This makes the streaming of videos ad-free. This cross-platform tool for videos comes with built-in codecs and allows the customization of the interface along with open substitute integration. Users can set various keyboard shortcuts and it comes with a resume playback option. DEB file from the launchpad page.
In either case, follow the commands below to install it:. We would recommend you try out these open source video players over anything else. In addition to all these, you can also try Miro Player which is no more being actively maintained but works — so you can give it a try, if nothing else works for you. However, if you think we missed one of your favorite Linux video player that deserves a mentioned, let us know about it in the comments down below! A passionate technophile who also happens to be a Computer Science graduate.
You will usually see cats dancing to the beautiful tunes sung by him. Nothing beats VLC, VLC should have been mentioned at number 1 spot, also VLC other than being media player is a a media convertor with extremely powerful functionality. If you change the position of the video with the cursor, you will see that there are offsets.
SMplayer is the best for me. Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Installing the software. Haruna Video Player. MPV Player. VLC Media Player. Dragon Player. Deepin Movie. Xine Multimedia. Parole Video Player. YTD Video Downloader. Adobe Photoshop CC. VirtualDJ Avast Free Security.
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