You can install SMPlayer by compiling from source. Download the latest tar.bz2 package and compile it from the source. That’s it! You can launch it from the Applications menu. sudo apt-get install smplayer-themes smplayer-skins Step 4) We suggest to install themes and skins too to jazz it up a bit. Step 2) Enter the following commands to add repository source and update your system: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer sudo apt-get update Installing SMPlayer on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and derivatives SMPlayer on UbuntuĪnother notable feature that’s added is the ability to search for subtitles by using the name of the movie or show.Īpart from the new features, the team reported several bug fixes in this release. SMPlayer 19.1 fixes this concern and one can now play the YouTube videos at full 60fps on SMPlayer.

This entry was posted in mpv, smplayer by rvm. In this case the Youtube URLs will be passed directly to mpv, which actually provides an interesting feature: subtitles are available. However it’s possible to disable SMPlayer’s internal support for Youtube. SMPlayer already had support for Youtube, so the Youtube URLs will still be handled by SMPlayer. The video will be played by mpv, which will use youtube-dl to get the real address of the video. You need to enable the option “Play video from streaming sites” in Preferences -> Network.Īfter that you only have to enter the URL of the video you want to play in Open -> URL. Performance is much better in SMPlayer (or any other player) than using the flashplayer in a web browser. Youtube was already supported, but now you can play videos from DailyMotion, Vimeo, Vevo and many more sites, just by entering the URL of the video in SMPlayer. A new very interesting feature, thanks to the newly added support for mpv, is the possibility to play videos from many video sites.

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