mplayer2 is an advanced general-purpose video player. A fork of the original MPlayer project, it contains significant further development and supports a number of features not available in other Unix players.
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Lightweight
Watch movies on your toaster—mplayer2 is built for speed and efficiency.
Customizable
With its wide array of options, mplayer2 can be customized to fit almost any needs. Be sure to check the manual!
Cross-platform
mplayer2 runs well on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, providing similar features and overall experience on each platform.
Latest news¶
Python 3 to be required to compile from sources
Posted by Uoti Urpala on 17/06/2012
The build system will be changed to use Python 3. This means that you must have python3 installed to build from git.
(read more...)Note about the manpage
Posted by Uoti Urpala on 17/06/2012
The manual page included with the sources is currently outdated. The version on the website has newer content.
(read more...)Welcome to the new website
Posted by Stefano Pigozzi on 16/05/2012
It’s a pleasure to welcome you to our new website. We updated some of the content—especially in the Downloads page—and revamped the template with some modern CSS based on Bootstrap.
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