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Add to SafariWhen comparing MPlayer vs Harmony, the Slant community recommends MPlayer for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for Linux?” MPlayer is ranked 42nd while Harmony is ranked 44th. 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.
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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 Plugins
Has support for plugins allowing functionality to be extended such as adding a new audio source.
Pro Themes
Has several themes to choose from to suite everyones individual tastes.
Pro System integration
Integrates with the operating system with support for tray icons and hooking into the audio system.
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 Costs $10 (originally $39)
