MPlayer

Play movies and songs

Arch Linux (recommended)Standard: Git Other builds: Gui

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MPlayer plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and Win32 DLL codecs. It can also play VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, RealMedia, and DivX movies. Another big feature of MPlayer is the wide range of supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, but also SDL. This package includes the GUI variant of MPlayer.

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Arch Linux (2) · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Slackware · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
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AUR (Git · Gui build), Debian, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, RPM Fusion, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Slackware, Gentoo

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Sources disagree on the name: mplayer / mplayergui / mplayernogui
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (11)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
AUR (Git · Gui build)mplayer-gui-svn1:r38667-1Community build, patchedGPL-2.0-onlyMedia player for Linux
Debianmplayer2:1.5+svn38674-2Distribution build—movie player for Unix-like systems
Debianmplayer-gui2:1.5+svn38674-2Distribution build—movie player for Unix-like systems (GUI variant)
Ubuntumplayer2:1.5+svn38681-1Distribution build—movie player for Unix-like systems
Arch Linuxmplayer38542-11Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterMedia player for Linux
Nixpkgsmplayer1.5-unstable-2024-12-21Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyMovie player that supports many video formats
RPM Fusionmplayer1.5.1Distribution buildGPLv3+Movie player playing most video formats and DVDs
Alpine Linuxmplayer1.5.0_git20230717-r4Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterMovie player for linux
Void Linuxmplayer1.5_3Distribution buildGPL-2.0-or-laterMultimedia player
SlackwareMPlayer20260805-3Distribution build—MPlayer (Linux movie player)
Gentoomplayer1.5_p20241125-r2Distribution buildGPL-2.0-onlyMedia Player for Linux
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