Difference between revisions of "Mplayer"

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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


Mplayer is a media file player which can decode nearly every media file out there. It can also use countless output drivers (like vpdau or pulseaudio)
'''mplayer''' is a media file player which can decode nearly every media file out there. It can also use countless output drivers (like vpdau or pulseaudio)
Most of the time mplayer is in the background when you use frontends like gnome-mplayer, smplayer or gmusicbrowser.
Most of the time mplayer is in the background when you use frontends like gnome-mplayer, smplayer or gmusicbrowser.
Those frontend bring their own set of parameters with them but you still can set up mplayer with it's config file (~/.mplayer/config). The vastness of those options scare most people away but with a little bit of help you can set up mplayer as you have never seen a media player before.
Those frontend bring their own set of parameters with them but you still can set up mplayer with it's config file (~/.mplayer/config). The vastness of those options scare most people away but with a little bit of help you can set up '''mplayer''' easily.
 
 
{{note|mplayer has been mostly replaced in common use by '''mpv'''}}
 


= General options =
= General options =
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   volume=50
   volume=50
   softvol-max=50
   softvol-max=50


= Per file/protocol option =
= Per file/protocol option =
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