GNOME-MPLAYER(1)

📦 version 1.0.9, in arch rolling

okay so welcome to GNOME-MPLAYER(1) from the General Commands Manual, bestie 💅. This is the whole vibe, and we’re keeping every single detail.

💖 NAME 💖

gnome-mplayer — a simple GUI for MPlayer. Periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here’s how you call it, bestie:

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]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This manual page documents briefly the gnome-mplayer command — like, the quick rundown, no cap.

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

🎮 INTERACTIVE CONTROL 🎮

Many of the keyboard shortcuts in gnome-mplayer are the same as those found in mplayer — iykyk. Here is a list of more of the commonly used shortcuts, bestie.

⌨️ Keyboard Controls ⌨️

🎬 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 🔊

Yes, that spelling stays, bestie. Keeping the original energy.

  • 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

🚀 OPTIONS 🚀

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below. Slay.

🆘 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

👑 AUTHOR 👑

gnome-mplayer was written by Kevin DeKorte <kdekorte@gmail.com>. King behavior, honestly 👑.

Cute little sign-off: this page is dated June 06, 2009, and the source/version tag is GNOME-MPLAYER(1) 💖🦋. Bye bestie, go play something iconic.

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