mplayer
powerful media player
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
mplayer [options] file
DESCRIPTION
mplayer is a powerful, command-line media player that supports a vast range of audio and video formats. It uses FFmpeg's libavcodec and libavformat for decoding, along with native codecs for some formats.Keyboard shortcuts control playback: arrow keys seek, p pauses, q quits, f toggles fullscreen, and +/- adjusts audio delay. The player can also be controlled via a FIFO pipe or slave mode for scripting.
PARAMETERS
FILE
Media file to play.-fs
Fullscreen mode.-ao DRIVER
Audio output driver.-vo DRIVER
Video output driver.-loop N
Loop count (0=infinite).-ss TIME
Seek to position.-dumpaudio
Dump raw audio stream to a file.-dumpfile FILE
Filename for dumped audio/video stream.-speed FACTOR
Playback speed multiplier (0.01-100, default: 1.0).-quiet
Suppress most status messages.-identify
Print media properties (useful for scripting).
CAVEATS
MPlayer is considered legacy software; mpv is its actively maintained successor with a modern codebase. Some distributions no longer package MPlayer. Configuration files are in ~/.mplayer/.
HISTORY
MPlayer was started by Árpád Gereöffy in 2000. It became one of the most popular open-source media players on Linux and influenced several successors including mpv (forked in 2013) and MPlayer2.