gnome-mplayer - a simple GUI for MPlayer
gnome-mplayer [options] files...
gnome-mplayer [options] cdda://
gnome-mplayer [options] [dvd|dvdnav]://
gnome-mplayer [options] [http|mms|rtsp]://
gnome-mplayer [options] /dev/[sd*|dvd|cdrom]
This manual page documents briefly the gnome-mplayer command.
gnome-mplayer provides a simple and clean interface to
MPlayer.
GNOME MPlayer has a rich API that is exposed via DBus.
Using DBus you can control a single or multiple instances of GNOME MPlayer
from a single command.
GNOME MPlayer can be used to play media on websites when used in conjunction
with Gecko Mediaplayer.
Homepage: http://kdekorte.googlepages.com/gnomemplayer
Many of the keyboard shortcuts in gnome-mplayer are the same as those found in
mplayer. Here is a list of more of the commonly used shortcuts.
Media Position
Right Arrow - Fast Forward
Left Arrow - Fast Reverse
Page Up - Seek 10min forward
Page Down - Seek 10min backward
Up Arrow - Seek 1 min forward
Down Arrow - Seek 1 min backward
Space - Pause
p - Pause
Video Adjustment
1 - Contrast down 5
2 - Contrast up 5
3 - Brightness down 5
4 - Brightness up 5
5 - Hue down 5
6 - Hue up 5
7 - Saturation down 5
8 - Saturation up 5
Playback Adjustment
[ - Play 10% slower
] - Play 10% faster
{ - Half speed playback
} - Double speed playback
Volume Adjustement
9 - Volume down 10
0 - Volume up 10
m - Mute
Audio and Subtitle Track Adjustment
# - Switch Audio Track
j - Subtitle select
v - Subtitle visibility
+ - Increase Audio Delay
- - Decreate Audio Delay
z - Decrease Subtitle Delay
x - Increate Subtitle Delay
Other Options
Ctrl-D - Show/Hide file details
Ctrl-P - Show/Hide playlist
Ctrl-F/F - Un/Fullscreen
q - Quit immediately
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
Help Options:
- -?, --help
- Show summary of options
- --help-all
- Show all help options
- --help-gtk
- Show GTK+ Options
Application Options:
- --window=WID
- Window to embed in
- -w, --width=X
- Width of window to embed in
- -h, --height=Y
- Height of window to embed in
- --controlid=CID
- Unique DBUS controller id
- --playlist
- File Argument is a playlist
- -v, --verbose
- Show more output on the console
- --reallyverbose
- Show even more output on the console
- --fullscreen
- Start in fullscreen mode
- --softvol
- Use mplayer software volume control
- --mixer=MIXER
- Mixer to use
- --volume
- Set initial volume percentage
- --showcontrols=[0|1]
- Show the controls in window
- --showsubtitles=[0|1]
- Show the subtitles if available, defaults to 1 (yes)
- --autostart=[0|1]
- Autostart the media. Default is 1, set to 0 to load but don't play
- --disablecontextmenu
- Disable popup menu on right click
- --disablefullscreen
- Disable fullscreen options in browser mode
- --loop
- Play all files on the playlist forever
- -q, --quit_on_complete
- Quit application when last file on playlist is played
- --random
- Play items on playlist in random order
- --cache
- Set cache size
- --forcecache
- Force cache usage on streaming sites
- --disabledeinterlace
- Disable the deinterlace filter
- --disableframedrop
- Don't skip drawing frames to better keep sync
- --disableass
- Use the old subtitle rendering system
- --disableembeddedfonts
- Don't use fonts embedded on matroska files
- --vertical
- Use Vertical Layout
- --showplaylist
- Start with playlist open
- --showdetails
- Start with details visible
- --rpname=NAME
- Real Player Name
- --rpconsole=CONSOLE
- Real Player Console ID
- --rpcontrols=Control Name,...
- Real Player Console Controls
- --subtitle=FILENAME
- Subtitle file for first media file
- --tvdevice=DEVICE
- TV device name
- --tvdriver=DRIVER
- TV driver name (v4l|v4l2)
- --tvinput=INPUT
- TV input name
- --tvwidth=WIDTH
- Width of TV input
- --tvheight=HEIGHT
- Height of TV input
- --tvfps=FPS
- Frames per second from TV input
- --single_instance
- Only allow one instance
- --replace_and_play
- Put single instance mode into replace and play mode
- --large_buttons
- show interface with bigger icons, useful for touchscreens
- --always_hide_after_timeout
- control bar will always slide away, useful for small screens
- --new_instance
- Ignore single instance preference for this instance
- --keep_on_top
- Keep window on top
- --disable_cover_art_fetch
- Don't fetch new cover art images
- --display=DISPLAY
- X display to use
gnome-mplayer was written by Kevin DeKorte <kdekorte@gmail.com>.