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Media Player based on the GStreamer framework

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What are the best media players for Linux?

Pros

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Holo Deck

Pro
Based on GStreamer

It's based on the GStreamer framework so it supports all GStreamer codes and plugins.

Cons

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Holo Deck

Con
Tries to be a Audio and Video player at the same time

So it will never be the perfect audio or video player

WhiteLilac
Holo Deck

Con
Menu navigation is poor

There are no icons inside the menus which makes them very uncomfortable and slow to browse.

Holo Deck

Con
Fat

Depending on your desktop environment it could have some huge dependencies for example it needs GStreamer and its codecs plus GTK and some Xfce libaries.

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Parole
vs
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11 Recommendations
MPV
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