MPlayer

MPlayer is ranked #11 of 76 in media player software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

MPlayer plans and pricing

MPlayer Free GNU General Public License version 2 mplayerhq.hu · 30 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Hardware acceleration: Yes

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MPlayer

Free plan: Yes
Hardware acceleration: Yes
Purpose: MPlayer is a movie player that runs on many systems.
Media formats: It plays a wide range of formats, including MPEG, AVI, Ogg/OGM, ASF/WMV, MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska and DVD.
Streaming: Supported inputs include streaming over HTTP/FTP, RTP/RTSP, MMS/MMST, MPST and SDP.
Subtitles: It supports 12 subtitle formats, along with DVD subtitles and closed captions.
Display: It provides an on-screen display for status information and supports multiple video output drivers.
Encoding: The documentation describes MEncoder creating MPEG program stream output files.
License: MPlayer is available under the GNU General Public License version 2.
Installation: The download page recommends compiling from current Subversion source and also describes official Debian packages.
Release status: The download page identifies version 1.5, created on 2022-02-27, as the latest release and recommends SVN for newer features and bug fixes.
GUI: The included graphical interface has limited bug fixing and is not further developed, according to the download page.
Package scope: A complete installation requires source code, binary codecs and, for the graphical interface, a skin.
Unofficial packages: The project says it does not support unofficial packages and directs users with issues to their authors.
Price from: Free

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Media Player Software in 2026#11 of 76
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mplayerhq.hu/design3/info.html· checked 21 Sept 2026
mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-mpeg.html· checked 30 Sept 2026
mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html· checked 30 Sept 2026