When comparing Baka-Mplayer vs MPlayer, 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 Baka-Mplayer is ranked 18th. 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
Pro Dailymotion support
Pro Uncluttered, simple
Pro Fast loading time
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
Cons
Con No option to change subtitles charset
Absolutely no option whatsoever to set subtitles charset.