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Add to SafariWhen comparing MPlayer vs Rage, the Slant community recommends MPlayer for most people. In the question“What are the best media players for UNIX-like systems?” MPlayer is ranked 8th while Rage is ranked 16th. 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
Question Ranking
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 Lightweight
A very lightweight media player, with almost no dependencies.
Pro Fully customizable
Since it is written with efl there is basically everything possible that you can imagine.
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 Customization is hard
Customization is done in efl which uses a C-like syntax.
