MPlayer
The Movie Player
MPlayer is a free, open-source media player for Linux, macOS and Windows that plays a wide range of video and audio formats. It is built on FFmpeg and offers both a command-line interface and a GUI with skins, addressing the need to play diverse media files across different operating systems.
The player supports hardware-accelerated decoding through VDPAU on Linux and VDA on macOS, and uses FFmpeg for RTSP streaming. It includes a command-line interface and a GUI variant with skins, and is available as source tarballs with bundled FFmpeg snapshots, as well as Debian packages for some architectures. The project also maintains codec lists and accepts reports for unsupported formats.
MPlayer is intended for users who need a cross-platform media player with broad format support, including those who prefer command-line tools or a skinnable GUI. It is distributed as free, open-source software, with releases available as source tarballs and distribution packages; no paid editions, trials, or seat-based licensing are described.
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