SMPlayer
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 SMPlayer running under Windows Vista. |
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| Developer(s) | Ricardo Villalba[1] |
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| Initial release | December 11, 2006 |
| Stable release | 0.7 / January 30, 2012[2] |
| Written in | C++ (Qt)[3] |
| Operating system | Linux and Windows |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Media player |
| License | GNU GPL[4] |
| Website | smplayer.sourceforge.net |
SMPlayer is a cross-platform free and open source multimedia player front-end for MPlayer.[5] Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, SMPlayer is free software.[4]
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[edit] Features
- Remembers settings and time position of each file it plays
- Configurable subtitles
- Audio and video filters
- Playlist
- Subtitle search
- Localized in more than 20 languages[6]
- Radio
- TV[7]
[edit] Packages
[edit] Windows
As of version 0.6.7, SMPlayer is distributed with a NSIS generated setup (previously Inno Setup). The installer is capable of downloading and installing the latest MPlayer and MPlayer codec packages during setup, although an alternative installer is available with MPlayer included for off-line installs.[8]
[edit] Unix-like
Since SMPlayer is built with Qt and is based on MPlayer, this makes it quite portable, since MPlayer and Qt are already available on almost all major operating systems. On the operating systems on which SMPlayer has not yet been ported to, it is likely possible to run the application through binary compatibility with another Unix or Linux.
In addition to the Windows packages, official binary packages are provided for Ubuntu. Many distributions provide packages in their repositories.
For FreeBSD, SMPlayer is available for installation from source via the ports tree and also available as binary packages for most major FreeBSD releases.
OpenBSD also provides binary packages and is available in its ports collection as well.
SMPlayer is, however, not available yet on NetBSD or DragonFly BSD, either in binary format or in pkgsrc. However, NetBSD should be able to run the FreeBSD binary without much trouble.
[edit] Forks
As the development of SMPlayer had decreased, some project have been established:
- UMPlayer: In addition to the features of SMPlayer, it has integration with YouTube and SHOUTcast streams, supports skins, proper support for Mac OS X, and other improvements.[9][10][11]
- SMPlayer2: A temporary fork —until mplayer2 receives a new IPC mechanism— targeted at mplayer2 users.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ SMPlayer – License Information, http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/smplayer/index.php?title=License_Information, retrieved 2012-01-07
- ^ SMPlayer Project Files, http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=185512
- ^ "SMPlayer", Analysis Summary (Ohloh), http://www.ohloh.net/p/smplayer, retrieved 2012-01-08
- ^ a b SMPlayer homepage, http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/, "SMPlayer is under the GPL license."
- ^ "SMPlayer Review", Softpedia, http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/SMPlayer-Review-53740.shtml, retrieved 2011-01-08
- ^ Rosenblatt, Seth (2007-12-18), "SMPlayer is subtle but strong", CNET, http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-9835464-12.html, retrieved 2010-01-16
- ^ "Versatile music player works SMPlayer", VNExpress, http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fvnexpress.net%2FGL%2FVi-tinh%2FKinh-nghiem%2F2009%2F10%2F3BA14BB0%2F, retrieved 2012-01-01
- ^ SMPlayer - Downloads, Berlios.de, http://smplayer.berlios.de/downloads.php?tr_lang=en, retrieved 2012-01-08
- ^ UMPlayer, MPlayer fork with interesting features, Ghacks.net, 2011-03-31, http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/31/umplayer-mplayer-fork-with-interesting-features/, retrieved 16-08-2011
- ^ UMPlayer: New Cross-Platform MPlayer GUI Based on SMPlayer, WebUpd8, 01-04-2011, http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/umplayer-new-cross-platform-mplayer-gui.html, retrieved 16-08-2011
- ^ UMPlayer: my favourite media player for Ubuntu, OMG! Ubuntu, 01-06-2011, http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/06/umplayer-my-favourite-media-player-for-ubuntu/, retrieved 16-08-2011
