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Best, Light Video Player : MPlayer

Submitted by ichsan.guest on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 15:10
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What application that you need to install in order to play Xvid, DivX mpeg file, etc? In Windows, we usually use free K-Lite Codec pack which is not light (IMHO). In Ubuntu Linux, we usually use Totem movie player with additional codec.

Actually in both operating systems, we can use VLC player. But, I kind hate using mouse just to do simple and common tasks when watching videos (like seek for scenes or increase volumes). So I prefer MPlayer without GUI (graphical interface) which is so light and use keyboard arrow to seek for scenes (instead of using mouse).

Here are the basic commands of MPLayer:

  • Adjust volume: "/" and "*" (numlock on)
  • Switch subtitle: "j"
  • Seek and navigate time frame: "Left" or "Down" or "Page Down" or "Right" or "Up" or "Page Up"
  • Pause: "Space"
  • Adjust audio video synchronization: "+" and "-"
  • Adjust subtitle delay: "z" and "x"
  • Full screen mode: "f"
  • Time information: "o" (alphabet after n)
  • Exit: "Esc" or "q"

So, if you have slow machine or old PC but still want to watch new-codec-encoded movies, you'd better consider using MPlayer instead of K-Lite Codec Pack.

You can download MPlayer no GUI with UTF-8 support font (Japanese and Korean character ready) here. This installer is based on MPlayer for Windows

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