When comparing MPlayer vs Deepin Music, the Slant community recommends MPlayer for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” MPlayer is ranked 43rd while Deepin Music is ranked 50th. The most important reason people chose MPlayer is:
Everything MPlayer needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Needs no additional codecs
Everything MPlayer needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
Pro Easy shortcut keys
Quick skip ahead buttons and other shortcut keys.
Pro No bugs , no lag in the video display
Pro Works via CLI and has multiple frontends to choose from
Some of the more popular frontends include Deepin Media Player, GNOME MPlayer, KPlayer, KMPlayer, Rosa Media Player, SMPlayer and Xt7-Player.
Pro Nice theme available to choose from
Also, the video window is separate from the main window making it less cluttered while playing audio
Pro Nice interface
Deepin Music has a very stylish and minimalist interface with vibrant colours, simple controls, and easily understood layouts.
Cons
Con Not much documentation on the use and configuration
Con Contrary to review, some media that play well in vlc does not play in mplayer
Con Doesn't support directory playback
Con Lacks a built-in visualizer
Con No filters
Deepin Music is not equipped with an equalizer, or any other type of filter so that you can compensate for your cheap audio equipment or nitpick musical tastes.